Science Behind the IRCTC booking system (Seat Allotment in trains)
Why IRCTC won't let you pick your favourite berth The reason r successfully logging into IRCTC website you pray your next wish is answered. Your favourite window seat. You see there are almost 500 tickets available. You thank your stars and say no way you are losing a window seat. The reason 1 / 4 After successfully logging into IRCTC website you pray your next wish is answered. Your favourite window seat. You see there are almost 500 tickets available. You thank your stars and say no way you are losing a window seat. Finally when you book, you don't get the window seat you opted for but you still find 499 tickets remaining. So why is this? Science behind the seating 2 / 4 Imagine there are sleeper class coaches in a train numbered S1, S2 S3... S10, and in every coach there are 72 seats. So when someone first books a ticket, software will assign a seat in the middle coach like S5, middle seat numbered between 30-40, and preferably lower berths...