Southern Railway Pnr – Important For Any Information On Trains And Tickets

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Southern Railway has its headquarters in Chennai, and was established on the 14th of April 1951. Southern Railway was the the first zone to be established in India. It was established by combining three state railways - Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, South Indian Railway and Mysore State Railway. Southern Railway Zone covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry and a part of Andhra Pradesh. Southern Railway PNR status provides you the status of tickets booked in the Southern Railway zone.

The PNR status provides you all details on your ticket like the number of passengers and their names and age, address, date of travel, class of travel, source and destination stations, status of your ticket when you booked your ticket and the current status. If the ticket gets confirmed, you will get the seat number and coach number as well.

The booking of tickets in trains is now possible 60 days to about 4 hours prior to the date of departure of the train. When you reserve a ticket, you get a seat to sit and travel. If it is a long-distance journey, you are provided a berth too where you can sleep comfortably. ...
... Sometimes all the seats are already reserved and you may not get a confirmed ticket. But you can still book your ticket in RAC or Waiting List. In such a case, it becomes necessary to regularly check the status of your ticket.

The easiest way to check the PNR status is on the website of IRCTC. Once you log on to the site, you can see a link to check the PNR status, clicking which you will be redirected to another page where you will be asked to enter the 10-digit PNR number. When you do that, all details of ticket like passengers’ list, starting and ending stations, date and time of travel, coach number, seat numbers, current status and status at the time of booking are displayed.

Checking the PNR status on the website of IRCTC is now possible from 12.30 am to 11.30 pm according the Railway Budget 2013. This means that you can check it 23 hours a day. Earlier it was possible only from 8 am to 8 pm on weekdays and 8 am to 2 pm on Sundays.

To check the PNR status you have to provide the 10-digit PNR number given on your ticket. The PNR number is a unique number, which never changes throughout your travel, no matter whatever changes are made on your ticket. For cancelling your ticket also you need to quote the PNR number.

On the website of IRCTC, you can check the Southern Railway PNR status and see whether your ticket is confirmed or not. This will ensure you a comfortable journey in the train.

Looking for information on Southern Railways PNR? You can easily find the status of your bookings for all trains online. Also get latest train schedules and fares.Train ticket booking is now easier than ever before. You can quickly make PNR status enquiry online and know the latest status of your train reservations.