WL: The passenger with WL ticket is in the waiting list and is not allowed to board the train. A waitlist ticket can be cancelled by the passenger 30 minutes before the departure of the train. If a WL ticket does not get confirmed, it gets cancelled automatically. This waiting list has also very less chances of confirmation.
RQWL: If a ticket is to be booked from an intermediate station to another intermediate station, and if it is not covered by the general quota or by the remote location quotas or pooled quota, the request for the ticket may go into a Request Waiting List RQWL. RAC: If a user has been issued an RAC ticket, then most likely his ticket will get confirmed by the time of chart preparation and he will get a berth.
In case the ticket remains RAC even after chart preparation, then user is allotted a half berth seat i. Under these kinds of waiting lists, tickets are issued to railway passengers depending on different scenarios.
In case if you are still wondering about these terms, check below what these waitlisted categories are about:. Under remote location waiting list, which is also known as RLWL category of Indian Railways, train tickets are issued to railway passengers for intermediate railway stations that means between the originating station and the terminating station.
This is done because usually, these are the most important towns or cities on that particular railway route. These waitlisted tickets are given a separate priority and for these tickets, confirmations depend on the cancellations of a destination confirmed ticket.
Under this category, the remote location railway stations prepare their own chart two to three hours before the actual departure of the train. However, it should be noted that for this type of tickets, chances are less for confirmation, according to various reports. This kind of waiting list, also known as PQWL, is shared by several small railway stations.
Generally, pooled quotas operate only from the originating railway station of a train journey. However, for the entire train run, there is only one pooled quota. Generally, this kind of quota is allotted to those railway passengers who are commuting from the originating station to a railway station short of the terminating station, or one who is travelling from an intermediate station to the terminating station, or between two intermediate railway stations. Apart from these, there are also other kinds of waiting lists, including general waiting list, remote location general waiting list, roadside station waiting list, request waiting list and tatkal waiting list.
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Tickets with RLWL waiting list has less chances of confirmation since it depends on the cancellations of confirmed tickets corresponding to remote location station. All remote location stations prepare their own chart hours before the actual departure of train. There is a single Pooled Quota for entire run of train which is shared by all small enroute stations and hence it has very less chances of confirmation. In such cases, distance restriction does not apply while booking.
This waiting list has also very less chances of confirmation. RQWL - Request Waiting List: RQWL is alloted if ticket is booked from one intermediate station to another intermediate station and when it is not covered by neither general quota, remote location quota nor pooled quota. A RLWL ticket may get confirmation only when there is a cancellation of confirmed ticket for a passenger travelling from the originating station to that intermediate station. During chart preparation, general waiting list GNWL is preferred over tatkal waiting list TQWL therefore tatkal waitlisted tickets are less likely to get confirmed.
Other Quotas: There are several other kinds of quotas for tickets for various special categories of passengers apart from the quotas for intermediate stations mentioned above.
Each one of these quotas can theoretically also have its own waiting list, usually denoted by the quota abbrevation followed by "WL", e. Reservation Against Cancellation RAC : If a user has been issued an RAC ticket, then most likely his ticket will get confirmed by the time of chart preparation and he will get a berth.
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