Train or Coach Booking FTR

Train or Train Coach Booking FTR / Bogie Booking

Indian Railway’s Full Tariff Rate service allows passengers or organization to make bookings for an entire train or some coaches for Marriage, tour programme etc, via FTR website.

• Train Bogie Booking for Marriage/ How to Book Train Coach for Marriage?
• FTR Booking Allowed Trains
• FTR : Catering Services Information
• FAQs

Train Bogie Booking for Marriage/ How to Book Train Coach for Marriage?

Let’s check how to book a train for Marriage or any Function. Details regarding how to book train or train coaches for marriage or wedding programmes are following.

Online booking of FTR Train is allowed for journey starting from stations of all Railways. Chartered coach can be attached/detached only in those stations where the train stoppage is 10 minutes or more. The coaches cannot be attached in all trains.

Booking period

FTR registration can be done maximum 6 months in advance and minimum 30 days prior to journey date.

Steps to book a Special Train/Coach

Procedure of Booking of FTR Coaches / Special Trains : Before you embark on your schedule programme of booking a special train/coach on Full Tariff Rate(FTR), here are five simple steps that you need to know:

We can book Train Coach Booking/FTR registration on two methods :- Registration on Railway website or Registrations on UTS counter:

Registration on Railway website:

• Party should open Railway website- ftr.irctc.co.in
• Party will provide the booking type, journey details of coaches, and route.
• After submission of the request, party will get a reference number and registration amount to be paid.
• Party has to pay the registration amount against provided reference number.
• After the payment, Party will get the FTR number.
• Payment of registration amount must be received within 6 days (including FTR request submit day). After 6 days, FTR Reference Number will be flushed and party has to follow the above mentioned process again to book a FTR coach/train.

Registrations on UTS counter

• Party will go to CBS (Chief Booking Supervisor)/Station Master (SM) of journey commencing station and provide written request containing journey details for FTR booking.
• CBS will feed these details in FTR system and will provide a system generated slip to the party. This slip will contain the reference number and registration amount payable by party.
• Party will go to UTS counter and will deposit the registration money against the reference number.
• After confirmation of payment, printed money receipt will be provided to party with a unique FTR number printed on it.
• Party will go to CBS with this FTR number. At CBS counter, party can request and get a printout of his request details by providing the FTR number.

Processing of the Application

• Attach Xerox of the money receipt obtained by paying registration fees while booking of FTR Coaches/Trains.
• Acknowledgement shall indicate your position on the waiting list. Final Programme will be confirmed only after examining operational feasibility and haulage confirmation from other concerned Zonal Railways further approvals can be restrained in case of inclement weather like fog or heavy rains.
• Collect final confirmed programme copy from the office of the Chief Passenger Transportation Manager at least 72 hours before the date of commencement of journey.
• The Party should approach the Station manage of the journey commencing station with full list and details of ‘ intending’ passengers at least b in advance for preparation of ticket.
• The application shall be received in CPTM’s Office. Applications for which the train cannot be allotted for want of availability of stock will be given a waiting list number and the applicants will accordingly be advised with a request to be in touch with this office.
• Once the registration for an FTR coach is made, only a one time change in the date of commencement of journey within 10 days from original date will be entertained. This option of change in date should be given by Party within 15 days of registration. No other change like change in destination, stock, itinerary etc. will be entertained.

FTR booking facility is not available between 23.45 hrs and 00.20 hrs.

Permissible number of coaches

• Coach Booking: Party can book maximum 10 numbers of coaches on FTR in a train in one tour programme.
• Train Booking: Party can book maximum 24 coaches in FTR train including 2 SLR. 2 SLR coaches are mandatory.

FTR Booking Allowed Trains

There are 299 trains under this category, details are here

FTR Booking Allowed Trains are following:-

FTR : Catering Services Information

Catering Services Information: Reservation of Coaches/Trains at Full Tariff Rates (FTR)

The Ministry of Railways announced on 07.09.2023 via press release that Railway has established new arrangements for catering services in all reserved coaches and trains booked under the Full Tariff Rates (FTR) category. These arrangements are outlined as follows:

• Catering by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation : For all FTR bookings, the catering services will be provided exclusively by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. Parties booking special coaches or trains under FTR must procure catering services directly from Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, except when booking a full train that includes a Pantry Car.
• Choice of Catering: When booking an entire train under FTR, including a pantry car coach, the booking party has the option to either avail catering services through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or provide catering themselves in accordance with existing directives issued by the Tourism & Catering Directorate.
• Flameless Cooking Facilities : Parties booking FTR trains with pantry coaches will be provided with pantries equipped with flameless cooking facilities.
• In cases where ICF pantry cars with flameless cooking facilities are unavailable, LHB rakes will be supplied for FTR train bookings that include pantry car services.
• If flameless pantry facilities are not available, no pantry car will be provided, and catering services must be availed through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation.
• Passenger Manifest Upload : In the FTR booking process, a functionality for uploading the passenger manifest will be developed by CRIS and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, with the requirement to upload it at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure.
• VPU/VPH Allotment : Third-party FTR train bookings by private parties will not be allotted VPU/VPH (Vanity Private Units/Vanity Private Homes).
• Safety Checks : At the originating station of FTR party coaches/trains, it is mandatory for security and railway staff to conduct checks for inflammable materials.
• Passenger Handling : The booking party is responsible for ensuring that passenger boarding and deboarding activities adhere to the submitted tour program to ensure platform convenience for passengers.
• Operational Feasibility : For en-route halts, operational feasibility assessments should ensure the availability of platforms/sidings for passenger boarding/deboarding and coach stabling.
• Compliance Checks : Regular inspections by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation and railway officials should be conducted to verify compliance with existing guidelines.
• These instructions are applicable to all future bookings, including those for journeys that have not yet commenced.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Online FTR booking

✅ Which are all the requirements at the time of making online FTR booking?

Passenger should know and have the various information ready such as originating and destination railway station, date of journey and return date, type of coach(es) required, no. of coach(es), duration of tour, etc. You may also contact Railway nodal officers at its zonal office for more information on the details to be provided.

✅What are the various charges levied for charters?

When chartering a train or coach, the following fees will be applied: a) Service charge based on the base fare. b) Superfast charges. c) Empty haulage charges. d) Detention charges. e) Engine detention charges. f) Haulage charges for the pantry, and so forth. g) Fees for additional stoppages. h) Facilitation charges. i) GST on facilitation charges

✅ Which are all the type of coaches and carrying capacity?

There are several types of coaches; hence the type of coaches along with carrying capacity of each coach is listed below for your kind information:

S No.	Type of Coach	No.of Seats
1	1AC ICF rake	18
2	1AC LHB rake	24
3	2AC ICF rake	46
4	2AC LHB rake	54
5	3 AC ICF rake	64
6	3AC LHB rake	72
7	Non AC Sleeper ICF rake	72
8	Non AC Sleeper LHB rake	80
9	Executive Chair Car ICF rake
10	Executive Chair Car LHB rake	56
11	Chair Car ICF rake
12	Chair Car LHB rake	78
13	Second Sitting ICF rake	72
14	Second Sitting LHB rake	78
15	General Coach ICF rake	90
16	General Coach LHB rake	100

✅ What is the Selection of Sector/ Railway Station for Online FTR Booking?

Clients should check before placing request for online FTR booking that is the train they are opting should have at least 5- 10 minutes stoppage at originating and destination Railway Station else request might be cancelled itself. The final approval of the sector/railway station etc will be based on the technical feasibility.

✅ Which is the Minimum duration for booking of charter coach/ train

Anyone can place request for charter 30 days prior and upto 6 months of the date of departure i.e. if your travel is 15th Dec then client should register their final demand by 13th Nov.

✅ How much is the Security deposit amount for FTR Trains?

As per the official procedure, client has to deposit Rs. 50,000/- as security deposit which is refundable after completion of trip, after submission of No Damage Certificate and other documents from Railway (format is available online or provided on final approval of charter coach/ train).

✅ What is the Payment options for FTR Trains?

In case coach/ train is finally allotted to client, then client can pay security deposit as initial token online such as Net banking, RTGS/NEFT, Payment Gateway, etc. The final payment shall be made to Railway directly. However online payment of final charges are also being implemented and will be available shortly.

✅ What is the rule in case of generation or non- generation of transaction id and payment settlement ?

An unique transaction ID will be generated for every query by the registered user. Once the RMSD payment is made to Railway, an unique FTR number will be generated for that particular request. You need to quote this FTR number for any further queries or information about the particular trip.

✅ Whom to contact in case of any queries?

You may contact the Railway nodal officer of the Railway concerned on which the originating point of the Train/Coach.

✅ Amount was deducted from my account and no FTR number is generated, What to do?

In such a case, wait for 24 hours before making payment again. In case no FTR number is generated, the amount will be refunded after reconciliation, to the same account on which the user has made the payment.

✅ Can I place a request for an Charter within 30 days?

Normally the charter request have to be placed at least 30 days before the journey date. You may contact the concerned Railway nodal officer for any request of charter within 30 days for checking the feasibility with Railways before accepting the request.

✅ Can I cancel my request after RMSD (Deposit) payment is made?

Yes. Cancellation is permitted and the cancellation charges will apply. Please refer the terms and condition for the cancellation rules.

✅ Is my Charter request is guaranteed once I make the RMSD payment?

No. The RMSD payment is only for registering your request with railways. The approval of charter will be based on the feasibility of the registered request, which will be informed to the party.

✅ How many coaches I can book at one time for FTR Trains?

The maximum coaches which can be booked at a time for a charter coach request is 2 and for a charter train is 24 (including 2 SLR or Power car, as the case may be)

✅ Can I modify my request for FTR Trains?

The provision of modifying your request is given upto the payment of RMSD. No, modification by user is not permitted after that. However Railways will modify the request based on the technical and operation feasibility, which will be intimated to the User. User will have the liberty to either accept the modification or cancel the request.

✅ What is the minimum distance for chartering?

There is no minimum distance for chartering. However, the fare for minimum distance 500 kms for outward and return journey separately will be chargeable while chartering special trains/coaches/saloon etc.

✅ Which is the Official Website of FTR Services by Indian Railway ?

The official website of FTR services by Indian Railway is https://www.ftr.irctc.co.in/ftr/