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Is RLWL better than WL?

WL is better than RLWL. RLWL means “remote location waiting list”. This appears when you book WL ticket from some intermediate station. RLWL ticket hardly gets confirmed.



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RLGN: Remote Location General Waiting List (RLGN) is issued when a user books a ticket where WL quota is RLWL. This means after ticket booking RLWL gets named as RLGN.

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RLWL means remote location waiing list which means reservation made from the enroute stations. WL means waiting list for the passengers who made reservation from the starting station.

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If your RLWL (Remote Location Waitlist) ticket is not confirmed by the time of the train's departure, the ticket will be automatically cancelled, and the refund will be processed by the Indian Railways. You do not need to file a TDR (Ticket Deposit Receipt) in this case.

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RLWL: It is a wait list quota given to passengers who wish to alight the train on an important station(mostly junction) on the route to their destination the passenger wants to travel between intermediate stations. RLWL ticket has a greater chance of confirmation as compared to PQWL.

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The number before the RLWL indicates your position on the waiting list. For example, if the status is RLWL/7, it means that you are the 7th passenger on the waiting list. The lower the number, the higher the chances of your ticket getting confirmed.

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Also, the difference in the two numbers (RLWL1/WL1) gives an indication of how much the tickets usually move. This means that till the time you booked, there were no cancellations done. If, while booking, it shows WL5/WL1, it means that 4 cancellations have been done till date on that train for that particular date.

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No, it's not recommended to travel on a train with a waitlisted (RLWL) ticket as there's no guarantee of a seat or berth. If your ticket doesn't get confirmed before departure, you won't be allowed to board the train. If the WL ticket was booked online, it would get cancelled automatically, so you cannot travel on it.

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RLWL means remote location wait list / that is available. It means the serial number of booking will be RLWL and current status is confirmed.

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The likelihood of an RLWL being confirmed is quite low. Once the chart is made, if there are still RLWL tickets on the waitlist, they are canceled right away and a refund is given.

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32 indicates the waiting list had went up till 32, but there were 4 cancellations. Your waiting list count has to come down to zero to get confirmed. Confirmation depends on number of days left to travel, demand for the train and mainly on luck.

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