Indian waitlisted train tickets

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It is possible to know the status of waitlisted tickets by checking their PNR status here. PNR is a 10 digit identifier for your train ticket.

Train tickets are finalized at the moment of chart preparation, which happens a few hours before the train's departure from the first station. If your ticket is not confirmed till chart preparation, it will be automatically cancelled and your money is refunded.

If your current status is WL 1, I wouldn't worry too much. Train agents who prebook in bulk to resell general cancel just before the train is scheduled to depart and this confirms waitlisted tickets.

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What Arjun Attam has mentioned is factually very correct and useful, however if you want to really do better than just plain waiting there are applications which sort of use statistical data to predict the confirmation, yes this is like fortune reading and may not be 100% but its better than plain guess or no information at all.

Some of these services are

  1. http://www.confirmtkt.com/
  2. http://www.trainman.in/

You can use both these and if both indicate the same result, you probably have an answer (but nothing is final and only chart preparation can ultimately answer if you get a confirmation or otherwise).

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