What is the Full Form of PNR?

Full Form of PNR in English and Hindi
Short Name	In English	In Hindi
PNR in Railway, Airlines	Passenger Name Record	यात्रियों के नाम का दस्तावेज
	Point of No Return	अब वापिस नहीं आएगा
	Performance Measurement System	प्रदर्शन मापन प्रणाली
	Passenger Notes of Record	रिकार्ड के यात्री नोट्स
	Passenger Name Reservation	यात्री का नाम आरक्षण
	Philippine National Railways	फिलीपीन राष्ट्रीय रेल
	Pacific Northwest Region	उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रशांत क्षेत्र

What is PNR?

It is the travel record used by airline and travel agency databases and the same technique is used by Indian Railways to track the passenger travel details. PNR is a unique ten digit number printed on the top left hand corner of your ticket. In case, you want to travel by reserved accommodation which has to be quoted in order to know the status of your ticket. Also, you can use this 10 digit number to track the progress of your booking. PNR status provides complete travel booking status. Simply, it is a record in the database of a computer reservation system that contains the itinerary for a passenger travelling in Indian Railways.

Parts of PNR-

There are mainly five parts which required before booking that are-

• Name of Passenger.
• Contact details for the travel agent or the airline office.
• Ticketing details (ticket number or a ticketing time limit).
• Itinerary of at least one segment which must be same for all passengers that are listed.
• Name of the person providing the information or making a booking.

About PNR 10 digit number-

• First 3 digits: They tell us from which PRS (Passenger Reservation System) the ticket has been booked. The PRS is developed by CRIS and it is a total networking solution to Indian Railways.
• Last 7 digits: They are randomly generated numbers using the Rand function. They represent no information about the ticket or journey and this is done to make the PNR number unique.

How to Check Status of PNR Number-

Indian Railways maintains PNR as the single point of transaction. IRCTC updates PNR status as and when required and also when ticket gets confirmed. There are at least 50 websites for checking PNR status.

What is PNR Status Enquiry?

PNR Status Enquiry can be described as the status of the railway tickets booking and also enquiry about it. It also informs you whether your ticket is confirmed or not or in wait listed etc. There are mainly 3 ways to heck the PNR status that are-

• Online checking making use on your PC or mobile.
• SMS service
• Utilizing an Application on Smartphone

Where should you do from My PNR status Enquiry?

When travelling on Indian Railways in India you’ll eventually end up within the situation of getting train ticket on wait-list and this is really very common and also to know whether your ticket gets confirmed or otherwise you have to look at your current PNR status and it can be done by online easily.

More about PNR after booking-

Once the booking has been completed to this level, the CRS will issue a unique all alpha or alpha-numeric record locator, which will remain the same regardless of any change in future. Each airline will create their own booking record with a unique record locator, which depending on a service agreement between the CRS and the airline involve, will be transmitted to the CRS and stored in the booking. If the airlines use the same CRS as the travel agency, then the record locator will be same for both. Further, there are many other information that often for both airlines and the travel agent to ensure efficient travel.