Railway ticket quotas explained
22 May, 2013 - 14:56 — admin
There are eighteen ticket booking quotas one can use depending his/her employment, circumstances,age, sex etc. This list is released from Indian Railways. Remember quota and concessation could be different.
| SNo. | Code | Tatkal Quota |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DF | Defence Quota |
| 2 | DP | Duty Pass Quota |
| 3 | FT | Foreign Tourist Quota for those holding valid Visa |
| 4 | GN | General Quota(by default you fall in this) |
| 5 | GNRS | General Quota Road Side |
| 6 | HO | Head quarters/high official Quota |
| 7 | HP | Physically Handicapped Quota(you need to have certificate for this from a doctor) |
| 8 | LB | Lower Berth |
| 9 | LD | Ladies Quota |
| 10 | OS | Out Station |
| 11 | PH | Parliament house Quota |
| 12 | PQ | Pooled Quota |
| 13 | Quota | Description |
| 14 | RC(RAC) | Reservation Against Cancellation |
| 15 | RE | Railway Employee Staff on Duty for the train |
| 16 | RS | Road Side |
| 17 | SS | Female(above 45 Year)/Senior Citizen/Travelling alone |
| 18 | YU | Yuva |
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