Clarification regarding the news published about Waiting list for trains from 2024

Various newspapers and online publications have given a huge coverage to draft National Rail Plan. Some of the news reports appear to tell that Railways has said that there would be No waiting list with effect from 2024 or only confirmed tickets would be available by 2024.

Railways would like to tell and clarify that efforts are being made to increase the capacity to make trains available on demand. This would reduce the possibility of passengers getting wait listed. Wait list is a provision that remains whenever the demand for travelers in a given train is more than number of berths or the seats available . The provision is not being done away “Waitlist” is a provision which act as a buffer to mitigate the fluctuations in demand and availability.