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Tatkal tickets can be booked over the counter in a railway station and on the internet at IRCTC. Ticket booking opens at 10:00 AM on the day before the day of the train at origin station. The day of the journey is defined as the day of chart preparation. For APP based booking TATKAL window opens 1 day in advance excluding the day of journey.
The South African Railways Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 is a narrow gauge steam locomotive class. Between 1937 and 1968, the South African Railways placed 34 Class NG G16 Garratt articulated 2-6-2+2-6-2 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines .
A train ticket is a transit pass ticket issued by a railway operator that enables the bearer to travel on the operator's network or a partner's network. Tickets can authorize the bearer to travel a set itinerary at a specific time (common for long-distance railroads), a set itinerary at any time (common for commuter railroads ), a set itinerary ...
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR), colloquially called the "Toy Train" by locals, is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908. [1] The railway is operated by the Southern Railway [2] and is the only rack railway in India. The railway relies on its fleet of steam ...
Once a ticket was issued, its number was recorded in a Train Register book, and the token was locked in a secure place. The system is known as staff and ticket. In a variation on that principle, called divisible train staff , a section of the token or staff, referred to as the ticket portion , was designed to be removed and handed to the driver ...
It was built around 1855 and was one of the first train in India to offer luxurious train travel. [13] It was certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 as the world's oldest locomotive in regular operation after its restoration to haul a luxury train to increase tourism in Rajasthan. In 1999, the Fairy Queen received a National Tourism ...
The EAR 59 class is a class of oil-fired 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives.The 34 members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester, England, for the East African Railways (EAR).
The South African Railways Class 14 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive. Between 1913 and 1915, the South African Railways placed 45 Class 14 steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service in Natal.