What Is Train Between Stations ?

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Get complete etrain, erail , indiarailinfo & coach position when the visitor wants to plan their trip and search trains to their destination station with train seat availability between two desired station is known as train between station. Travelers can also check availability of the train seat.

Indian Railway is one of the largest railway network in the world. The first passenger train ran between Mumbai (Bori Bunder) and Thane on 16 April 1853, for 34 kilometers between these two stations carrying 400 people.

What is ticket information and class categorization ?
Period of operation on IRCTC: The online booking service isn’t available 24 hours a day, it closes for maintenance 23:45-00:20 Indian time. The system can sometimes be overloaded with visitors, so if you have any problems or if it rejects your credit card, try again later. This may be why some people breeze through it and love it, while others struggle. It gets significantly less busy after about 18:00 Indian time.
Ticket List:
CNF – Confirmed reservation.
RAC – Reservation against cancellation. Which means you are allowed ...
... to board the train and travel? So if you get a RAC ticket, probably you should book it. even though you won’t have a specific seat or berth number at this stage. In most cases, one of the confirmed passengers will cancel at some point before departure, and you will be promoted from RAC to CNF with a confirmed seat or berth on the train.
WL – Waiting list. It shows that if you have booked the ticket and all seat of that selected train are booked at the moment then your name come in waiting list train. The waiting list usually shifts, when another passenger cancels its ticket. so one should check its ticket once in a day or in 24 hours. So that it may become a confirmed ticket and luckily can get a seat and even if you’re only promoted to RAC, you can at least now travel.
Seat Categorization: There are 8 classes of boarding in Indian trains. With vast diversification of seats provided on Indian trains, we all should know about the different categories of the seat, so you can easily select the seat.
Here is a brief glimpse on the seat layout:
1A: Means First AC, the price of these seats are highest and provides berths and bed rolls inclusive. Every trains have First class AC coaches are limited in most of the trains and have less seats available as compared to other coaches.
2A: means Second AC, the price of the seat are bit lesser than 1st class AC. Only 48 passengers are permitted in each 2A coach.
3A: Known as Third AC, these have three shelves like berths on each side. The bedding is included in the fare. These coaches are limited for 64 passengers.
SL: It is known as sleeper class and without air condition with three shelves for sleeping. The most convenient and approachable way of commuting for major population of the country. It is curated for 72 passengers.
CC: means Chair Cars. They are completely fully air-conditioned and incorporated with kind of recliners.
2S: means 2nd class seat. It consists of bench type of seats for the passengers and are non-air-conditioned coaches.
Quotas: There are few quotas, which are taken care by Indian Railway.
General Quota (GN)
Tatkal Quota (CK)
Premium Tatkal Quota (PT)
Ladies Quota (LD)
Defence Quota (DF)
Senior Citizen Quota (SS): Female(above 45 Year)/Senior Citizen/Travelling alone
In 1986, computerized ticketing and Indian Railway Reservation was introduced in India at New Delhi. In 1993, 2-tier AC, 3-tier AC and Sleeper classes were introduced by Indian Railway.