As per the Railways Ticket booking perception, the “PNR status” stands and symbolizes this terminology as “Passenger Name Record”, that is a routine automated system generated reference monitored by Railways CRS (Central Reservation System) data base portfolio and getting generated as soon as ticket booker inputs journey data like date of journey, passenger’s name, gender, age , train number ,Journey class, berth preference, contact link etc . The passengers are asked to input all these data either online or by writing on the printed reservation slips. Statistically, it is available that Indian Railways is ranked as the 4th largest railway system of the world accommodating around 30 million intending passengers and around 2.8 million tons of cargo daily; thus making the mammoth system completely high tech computerized operated.
The entire functional modalities are systematic and well arranged facilitating passenger to locate his current status of the ticket booked over the Reservation counter or via internet. Nonetheless, it is simply a “follow-up” process ensuring passenger about the reserved seat on a particular train. To get into the process, one has to first access to railway official website www.indianrail.gov.in where the PNR status option is reflected on left side and one can at easily check the status by entering 10 digit code number that has been initially generated by system at the time of booking of ticket. Of course, Indian Railways has extended with other method of PNR status checking of the booked ticket by way of text messaging via SMS through mobile phone. It minimizes the technical hassle of visiting cyber café or accessing to your computer. It mobilizes a tremendous popularity among the people those are in need of booking ticket and getting to know the current status.
Alternatively, people can follow the process of knowing PNR status of booked tickets either by Indian Railways or by IRCTC via online by inputting 10 digits PNR number, the specified box is generally shown at the top left corner of the ticket both for counter ticket or e-ticket indeed. In order to obtain the correct position of the booked ticket, it is technically essential for any passenger to be aware of the PNR status codes duly categorized by Indian Railways and its details for eroding any misleading data.
- CNF stands for – Confirmed (coach & berth numbers available after chart preparation)
- RAC stands for – Reservation against cancellation number
- W/L stands for – Waiting list number
- Can/Mod stands for – Cancelled or modified passenger
“Released” stands for – Original ticket cancelled, but alternative accommodation provided. Enquire with new PNR.
To monitor this vast operation, Indian railway also offers the PNR status checking process either over phone or by enjoying SMS facility through mobile phone. Especially for SMS service, one requires to obtain a response from Railways end with reservation details with seat number.