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What is the meaning of RAC? How is it different from Waitlist (WL) and Confirmed ticket statuses? 12 Answers What is the meaning of RAC? How is it different from Waitlist (WL) and Confirmed ticket statuses? Think of a train which has 100 reserved seats and 10 seats r for the RAC pax in that train. Now if already 110 people has reserved in that train and u r the 111th person to reserved in that train, then ur ticket will be in waiting list. Now suppose 1personout of those 110 before u has cancelled his ticket, then u ticket moves one position forward and u come within the 10 person who will have a RAC ticket. So u will now get a RAC ticket. Now suppose again 10 people out of those 109 peoples before u cancel their ticket in that train, so now u move forward by 10position and now u r among the 100 pax who will get a confirm seat.so now u will get a confirm ticket. If those cancellations don't occur then ur ticket will remain in RAC or WL as per... more... www.indiamike.com/india-articles/indian-railways-rac-and-indian-railways-waitlists/ @guest: Re# 91771-0 RAC= Reservation Against Cancellation Different trains have different no. of RAC seats depending on the class of travel - SL/3A/2A. 1A and CC do not have RAC. it will be approx.8 per coach in SL (figures may change) In 2A/3A it is less. If... more... @guest: Re# 91771-0 RAC means Reservation Against Cancellation! An RAC ticket gets you on the train (A WL ticket doesn’t) and in your chosen class, but there’s a chance you could end up with just a seat. A berth is split into 2 seats for 2 RAC ticket holders, if there’s any last minute cancellations, or if any quota allocations remain unsold, or if... more... @Manoj Garhwal: Re# 91771-1 What is GN sir?kindly explain me @speed demon: Re# 91771-3 General** @Dipyaman Basu: Re# 91771-4 in many train i see waiting list directly clear and they got confirm ticket but few time they got RAC as well so what is the mechanism @Rahul Kumar Jain: Re# 91771-5 Booking: Cnf-> RAC-> WL Clearance: Opposite! @Dipyaman Basu: Re# 91771-6 means wl list ticket confirm first then rac @Rahul Kumar Jain: Re# 91771-5 PQWL quota doesnt have RAC so it gets to CNF from WL some wayside RLGN quotas also do not have RAC |