Check vacant train seats, reservation chart online, now see reservation chart on IRCTC website and know about vacant seats.

It is common to run back and forth to the ticket collector for an empty seat in the train. But Indian Railways has done something after which this problem will end.

Now Indian Railways will show reserved charts online. With its help, users will be able to know the seat status before booking tickets in any train. If seen, this is a useful feature for those people who want to travel by train on the same day.

The reservation chart will be made live on the IRCTC website. Let us tell you about it in detail…

How to view reservation chart on IRCTC website…

1. Go to IRCTC website. At the bottom you will see a new option of ‘Charts/Vacancy’.
2. You will have to give details of the journey. Like- train number, date of journey and boarding station
3. After this, information about vacant seats will be available on the basis of class and coach.
4. After this, by clicking on a particular coach number, you can see complete details on the basis of seat.

Important things about the new feature of IRCTC…

1. Like airline tickets, seats will be shown in different colors on the Indian Railways website, IRCTC. Colors will be decided on the basis of booked, vacant and partially booked.
2. This feature gives details of vacant seats based on class and coach. This information is available based on the first chart of the reservation list. Please note that the first chart is prepared four hours before the departure of the train.
3. If a second chart is prepared, there will be an option to view the details of vacant seats available under the second chart. The second chart is generally prepared 30 minutes before the departure of the train.