PNR Status | Check Live PNR Status, Prediction of Indian- needyou.in
To check your current reservation status enter 10 digit PNR Number in the text box given above and click ‘Get PNR Status’ button. Do not enter hyphen (-) in the text box as it is not required.
What is PNR status?
PNR is short name for ‘Passenger Name Record’. It is a record in the database of Indian Railways computer reservation system (IR-CRS) against which journey details for a passenger, or a group of passengers are saved. To be specific, when a reserved railway ticket is booked for a train in Indian Railways, all the details of passengers are stored in relational database of centralized reservation system. These details are associated with a unique ten digit number. This reference number is called PNR and it is printed on the ticket. Passenger’s personal information like name, age, gender etc. is saved in the database against this reference number. It includes columns to store booking status and current status of the ticket. As we know every train has limited number of seats, sometime one may not get a confirmed reserved ticket. Booking status of such waitlist (W/L) ticket changes when there is any availability of reserved seats due to cancellation. This new current reservation status is generally known as PNR status.
Where to find PNR number on ticket?
PNR number is generally printed at the top left corner of the printed tickets (tickets that are taken from railway station booking window). In case of the E — Ticket (tickets that are booked online or through IRCTC website), it is mentioned at top in separate cell.
How to check PNR status?
PNR Status Enquiry Through Online Live Websites
This is the most preferred way to enquire your current PNR status as it is easy and reliable. List of some websites that you can use for enquiry:1. www.needyou.in
This unofficial website is doing a great job in helping Indian rail travelers to find their tickets confirmed booking status. Apart from PNR enquiry, one can also check train running status, station code and train coach position.
2. www.indianrail.gov.in
This is Indian Railways official portal. It is designed and maintained by CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems).
3. www.irctc.co.in
IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) is the only official partner of Indian Railways that manages online ticket booking. If you have booked your railway ticket through IRCTC website. Just login into IRCTC website and click on ‘Booked Ticket History’. Select your E-Ticket and click ‘Get PNR Status’.
Current Reservation Status Check Using SMS
Railway has launched SMS service for PNR enquiry to enhance customer satisfaction. Passengers having no access to internet, find it useful and convenient mean. Most popular of them are as follows:139 SMS Service
139 SMS service was initially launched by IRCTC. In order to get PNR status on mobile through SMS, one need to send following message on 139.
PNR
For example: PNR 1023456789
Available on: Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, iDEA, LOOP, MTNL, MTS, Reliance, TATA, Telenor, Vodafone
5676747 SMS service
This SMS service is maintained by railZone.
SMS PNR and send it to 5676747
For example: PNR 1023456789
Mobile Applications
Recently many mobile apps have been developed by unofficial sources for Android, iOS and Windows phones. One such PNR android app can be found and downloaded here. This method is good for frequent rail travelers.
Railway Enquiry Counters at Railway Stations
Simply ask to railway enquiry counter attendee.
Final Reservation Charts
Final reservation chart is generally prepared before two or three hours of train departure time. This chart is pasted on notice board of railway station platforms.
Types of Indian Railways Tickets
E-Tickets
E-Ticket or Electronic Ticket is only booked through IRCTC website. One can take print out of booked ticket and show it to the TTE with relevant passenger ID.i-Tickets
Tickets booked at railway reservation counter are of type i-Ticket. It can also be booked at IRCTC website and usually gets delievered through courier at your doorstep.
Types of Indian Railways Trains & PNR Generation
First Indian Railway train was run in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane. Mumbai and Thane are western coastal districts of Maharashtra. Current Indian Railway trains are the result of gradual development in technology. Today it runs thousands of daily express and local passenger trains. Railway has categorized these trains according to their average speed and number of halts on their route. Below are the list of train types:
Metro Trains: These trains are equipped with latest technologies and facilities. It currently runs in few metro cities of India like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. Such metro trains are in demand and government had planned its expansion in other metro cities as well. Metro Rail tickets do not generate unique PNR number because one can not reserve a seat in these trains. These are moderate in speed and generally runs on their scheduled time.
Types of Waitlist Tickets & Their Confirmation Priority
Based on some predefined rules, railway allots different types of waitlist quota on tickets when ticket is not confirmed.
GNWL (General Waiting List): Liklihood of confirmation for GNWL ticket is on highest priority. You may get a GNWL quota, if you are starting your journey from a station close to train source station and ending your journey at a station close to train destination station.
CKWL (Tatkal Waiting List): If you are booking your ticket under tatkal quota, you get CKWL status when tickets are unreserved. It is important to note that GNWL tickets will confirm first and then CKWL. Hence there is a very less chance that a CKWL ticket will be confirmed.
Apart from these two popular waiting list quotas, Indian Railways has defined some other W/L quotas in long journey trains like RLWL (Remote Location Waiting List), RQWL (Request Waiting List), PQWL (Pooled Quota Waiting List), RLGN (Remote Location General Waiting List) and RSWL (Roadside Station Waiting List). Confirmation chances for these types of waitlist tickets are very less.