What does WL RAC mean?
Mia Smith
Published Feb 15, 2026
What does WL RAC mean?
Reservation Against Cancellation
Passengers booking tickets are assigned a specific status, such as confirmed (full berth), waiting or wait-listed (WL) and RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation).
Will RAC get confirmed or WL?
RAC ticket gets confirmed first followed by waiting list tickets. Railway issues limited RAC seats based on station quota. Once RAC is issued for those seats and the limit is exhausted, Railway starts issuing waiting list ticket.
Can RAC ticket get confirmed?
RAC tickets get confirmed only when there is a cancellation. So, the progress of your tickets is dependent on cancellations. However, Indian Railways generally tries to accommodate tickets on one PNR in the same space. So, you may share the same seats.
How many WL tickets get confirmed?
For example if the status is GNWL 4 / WL 3 , then this means that you have a waiting list of 3 (the latter number) and your ticket will get confirmed only if 3 passengers who have booked before you for the same journey happen to cancel their journey.
Will RAC 75 get confirmed?
Their tickets will not be confirmed with a full-berth allocation in case of a cancellation, as is the practice now. It means, if you get an RAC status at the time of reservation, your ticket status will remain unchanged till the end of the journey.
Will RAC 140 get confirmed?
Since your current ticket status is RAC, it means that you have been allotted half berth. RAC is considered a confirmed ticket because you are eligible to board the train.
Will RAC 120 get confirmed?
As someone who booked previously has cancelled or some quota has not been filled, your current position is RAC 120. RAC is reservation against cancellation and you will get half a berth. As there is 30 days left for the journey, it is likely that your ticket will get confirmed.
Will RAC 85 get confirmed?
your ticket status is in RAC so it will get definitely confirm, but on the chart preparation you will be given berth either full berth or the berth which is shared by another passenger. so wait until the chart preparation which is 3-4 hours before the scheduled departure of train.
Will RAC 41 get confirmed?
Will WL 50 get confirmed?
WL This is the most common waiting list. It is for tickets booked on the waiting list. Tickets on this list will advance to confirmed only if someone who else with a booked tatkal ticket cancels, so the chance of getting your ticket confirmed is small if your waiting list position is greater than 10.
Can RAC 80 be confirmed?
RAC 80 has to two possibilities that if it is before chart preparation or after chart preparation. RAC stands for reservation against cancellation. Which means you are 80th person in the queue. If 80 tickets are cancelled then your ticket will get confirmed and you will be alloted a birth.