Know which seat is vacant in the train without logging in to IRCTC app

You can do advance booking of train tickets from the comfort of your home through IRCTC app and website. But it often happens that you have to go somewhere suddenly and at that time you do not get reservation in the train. In such a situation, you book the Tatkal ticket, although whether you get it or not is a question. At the same time, traveling by train without reservation is not easy. In such a situation, people usually reach the station and talk to TT to get information about which coach's seats are vacant and later buy the ticket. However, in this case, you come to know whether there is any seat vacant in the train only after reaching the station. Here we can make your work easier. You can get information about vacant seats in a running train through IRCTC app while sitting at home. The special thing is that for this you do not even need to log in to the IRCTC app.

People can book tickets through IRCTC app sitting at home. However, for this they do not need to go to the railway station and stand in the queue for tickets. The IRCTC app has a useful feature called Chart Vacancy. With the help of this feature, you can get information about vacant seats in a running train. If you are planning to go somewhere but your ticket is not already booked, then you can get information about vacant seats in the train on the spot on the track. Just do it for him.

Follow the steps given below to get information about vacant seats in a running train.

1. First of all open IRCTC app in your smartphone.

2. Now click on the train icon visible in the app.

3. Here you will see an option named Chart Vacancy.

4. Tap on this option.

5. Later enter the name and train number of the train in which you want to travel.

6. Now write the name of the station from where you want to catch the train.

7. You will simply get information about which seats are vacant in the train.

As mentioned above, you do not need to log in to the IRCTC app to use the Chart Vacancy feature of IRCTC.

Check which seats are vacant from IRCTC website.

1. First open the IRCTC website.

2. Now click on the Chart/Vacancy option visible next to the Book Ticket box on the home page.

3. Now the reservation chart will open in front of you.

4. Fill the required information here and click on Get Train Chart.

5. Now you will get information about vacant seats.