{"id":47483,"date":"2026-07-01T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/?p=47483"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:50:12","slug":"indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indian Railways has introduced a new facility allowing passengers to book vacant seats on <strong>Vande Bharat Express<\/strong> and other reserved trains until <strong>15 minutes before departure<\/strong>, even after reservation charts are prepared, subject to availability. The move aims to improve seat utilization while giving travelers greater flexibility for urgent trips. Tickets can be booked through the <strong>IRCTC website, mobile app, or PRS counters<\/strong>, making last-minute travel more convenient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Railways has introduced a new facility allowing passengers to book vacant seats on Vande Bharat Express and other reserved trains until 15 minutes before departure, even after reservation charts are prepared, subject to availability. The move aims to improve&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":47484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":"","source":"Pexel"},"categories":[19300,2167],"tags":[2428,4924,3023,10473,12503,2219],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Indian Railways has introduced a new facility allowing passengers to book vacant seats on Vande Bharat Express and other reserved trains until 15 minutes before departure, even after reservation charts are prepared, subject to availability. The move aims to improve... Continue Reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T09:50:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T09:50:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/New-Project-2026-07-01T104956.928.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"303\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anamika Chauhan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anamika Chauhan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\",\"name\":\"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T09:50:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-01T09:50:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bb8368d4a451d7f4cbf13c0f9d1ed3f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blogs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bb8368d4a451d7f4cbf13c0f9d1ed3f\",\"name\":\"Anamika Chauhan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/430e3ef549879d5544a3bcfc15e8c881?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/430e3ef549879d5544a3bcfc15e8c881?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anamika Chauhan\"},\"description\":\"Anamika Chauhan is a Senior Content Writer at TBO Academy. Specializing in B2B content, she works closely with the marketing team to bring out the outlook about the industry in her write-ups. Connect with her on LinkedIn or write to her at anamika.chauhan@tbo.com\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/author\/anamika\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy","og_description":"Indian Railways has introduced a new facility allowing passengers to book vacant seats on Vande Bharat Express and other reserved trains until 15 minutes before departure, even after reservation charts are prepared, subject to availability. The move aims to improve... Continue Reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/","og_site_name":"Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy","article_published_time":"2026-07-01T09:50:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-01T09:50:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":303,"url":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/New-Project-2026-07-01T104956.928.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Anamika Chauhan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anamika Chauhan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/","name":"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings - Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-01T09:50:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-01T09:50:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bb8368d4a451d7f4cbf13c0f9d1ed3f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/indian-railways-allows-last-minute-vande-bharat-bookings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blogs","item":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Indian Railways allows last-minute Vande Bharat bookings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/","name":"Find Top Trending Blogs, Business Blog, Travel Blog | TBO Academy","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bb8368d4a451d7f4cbf13c0f9d1ed3f","name":"Anamika Chauhan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/430e3ef549879d5544a3bcfc15e8c881?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/430e3ef549879d5544a3bcfc15e8c881?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anamika Chauhan"},"description":"Anamika Chauhan is a Senior Content Writer at TBO Academy. Specializing in B2B content, she works closely with the marketing team to bring out the outlook about the industry in her write-ups. Connect with her on LinkedIn or write to her at anamika.chauhan@tbo.com","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/author\/anamika\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47485,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47483\/revisions\/47485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tboacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}