What is RQWL in railway Train Ticket

What is RQWL in railway Train Ticket ? (In Details )

RQWL: If a ticket is to be booked from an intermediate station to another intermediate station, and if it is not covered by the general waiting quota (GNWL) or by the remote location quotas or pooled quota, the request for the ticket may go into a Request Waiting List (RQWL). A ticket on this list is usually confirmed only when there is a confirmed ticket for a passenger travelling from the originating station to that intermediate station, although in the case of some Rajdhani routes and other long-distance trains specific quotas may be earmarked for use by passengers on the RQWL, for some intermediate stations. Tickets for travel from an intermediate point to the terminating station are also handled in the same way if there is no Remote Location Quota defined for that intermediate point.

For road-side station quotas, berths or seats are booked by the originating station for journeys up to the road-side station and distance restrictions may not apply. If berths or seats are redefined from a remote location, then booking can be done beyond the road-side station, within the limits for the remote location’s quota. In no case, however, will through passengers be booked on multiple quotas, e.g., partway on the general quota of the originating station and the rest of the journey on a remote location quota.