Een RAC ticket wil zeggen dat je wel de trein op mag (in tegenstelling tot WL = Wait Listed) en je een plaats krijgt toegewezen door de conducteur als die wegens het cancellen door een Confirmed passagier vrij komt. In de praktijk worden veel reserveringen kort voor vertrek nog geannuleerd.
Het staat dus echt allemaal op de site die Rob vermeldde:
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'Reservation Against Cancellation' (RAC) & ‘Waitlisted’ (WL) places…
Indian Railways have a unique system: After a train becomes fully booked, a certain number of tickets in each class are sold as ‘Reservation Against Cancellation’ or ‘RAC’. After all the RAC places have been sold, further prospective passengers are ‘Waitlisted’ (WL). If you have an RAC ticket, a passenger with a confirmed reservation may cancel before the departure of the train, in which case you will be promoted to a confirmed seat or berth on the train (shown as ‘CNF’ meaning ‘confirmed’), and your name will be shown against a specific seat or berth on the reservation list on the day of travel pinned on the noticeboard at the boarding station (so remember to check it!). A waitlisted passenger will then be promoted to RAC in your place. Alternatively, even if nobody cancels, if you have an ‘RAC’ ticket you are allowed to board the train and travel. You will normally be given a place to sit (but not a berth) in a carriage of the relevant class, for example two RAC passengers might have to share a 2-seat space that would normally convert into a berth for one person. If one of the confirmed passengers fails to show up for the train, the on-board staff will then allocate the spare berth to the first RAC passenger (and the second RAC passenger may then find himself with a berth to himself, solving two RAC passengers' problems!). Obviously, if there are no no-shows, the RAC passengers will have to sit up all night, or perhaps take turns using the berth to snooze. However, if you're offered an RAC place, do take it, as you'll usually end up with a confirmed berth on the train. Indeed, you've a good chance of getting on the train even with a low-number wait-listed ticket. You can confirm the current status of your booking at www.indianrail.gov.in/pnr_stat.html (or if you've booked with cleartrip.com, www.cleartrip.com/trains/pnr) by entering the ‘PNR’ number on your ticket, but remember that things can change even on the day of departure. When the reservation chart is produced on the day of departure, unsold tickets in various special quotas may be released, and WL passengers promoted to RAC and RAC passengers promoted to CNF (confirmed). What a system! Detailed explanation of the WL & RAC system, well worth reading!
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