Indian Railways has decided to decrease the period of Advance booking to 60 Â day from 120 days. This rule would be effective from May 1, 2013.
As per the notifications, Â all the bookings done up to 30th of April under the
existing system of 120 days will remain unaffected.
The cancellation of the bookings made beyond the 60 days will be permitted. There will be no change in the case of limit of 360 days for foreign tourists. There will also be no change in the case of certain day time express trains like Taj Express and Gomti Express where advance reservations are allowed up to 15 days.