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RSWL

Rarely clears

Roadside Station Waiting List

Passengers boarding at a small roadside station along the route.

Why it moves, or does not

Berths are allotted from a very small station-specific allocation. The feeding pool is the narrowest of all the waiting lists.

What to do about it. Rarely confirms. Plan on an alternative from the start rather than hoping.

Decode your own status

Paste the full string from IRCTC, including both numbers if it has them.

Exactly as IRCTC shows it, for example GNWL 45/WL 12.

Rarely clearsPosition 12

RSWL

Roadside Station Waiting List

Passengers boarding at a small roadside station along the route.

Why it moves, or does not

Berths are allotted from a very small station-specific allocation. The feeding pool is the narrowest of all the waiting lists.

Rarely confirms. Plan on an alternative from the start rather than hoping.
No honest tool can give you a confirmation percentage from this string alone. That depends on the specific train, date and quota, which needs live charting data. What the code does tell you reliably is the size of the pool feeding your position, and that is what the guidance above is based on.
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The other codes

GNWL

Usually clears

General Waiting List

Passengers boarding at the train's originating station, or at a major station close to it.

RLWL

Clears slowly

Remote Location Waiting List

Passengers travelling between two intermediate stations, where an en-route station holds its own small quota.

PQWL

Clears slowly

Pooled Quota Waiting List

Passengers on short intermediate stretches, sharing one pooled quota across several segments of the route.

TQWL

Rarely clears

Tatkal Quota Waiting List

Passengers who booked under Tatkal and did not get a confirmed berth.

RLGN

Clears slowly

Remote Location General Waiting List

Passengers issued a remote-location ticket where that location's quota is administered as a general list.

RQWL

Clears slowly

Request Waiting List

Passengers whose origin-to-destination pair does not map onto any of the standard quotas, so the request is pooled separately.

RAC

You can board

Reservation Against Cancellation

Passengers just past the confirmed list when the quota ran out.

RSWL questions

What does RSWL mean in a train ticket?

RSWL stands for Roadside Station Waiting List. Passengers boarding at a small roadside station along the route.

Does RSWL get confirmed?

Berths are allotted from a very small station-specific allocation. The feeding pool is the narrowest of all the waiting lists. Rarely confirms. Plan on an alternative from the start rather than hoping.

What is the difference between RSWL and GNWL?

GNWL is fed by cancellations anywhere along the train's route, which makes it the largest pool and the most likely to clear. RSWL draws on a much narrower source, so the two numbers are not comparable — a low RSWL position can easily be worse than a much higher GNWL one.

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