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Sunday, 27 September 2020

20:02

IrctcGroup Booking of Train Tickets -A Guide

 IrctcGroup Booking of Train Tickets -A Guide

BULK BOOKING

In case you require reservation in excess of the above limit of 6 passengers you may contact the controlling officer/Chief Reservation supervisor of the concerned reservation office for permission to book more number of passengers in a group. However, such booking of bulk accommodation is available only after 10.00 hrs on computerized reservation system subject to overall limit on trains as per extant rules and availability of accommodation . Here is step by step guide to help in bulk booking of berths 

Step I  Please submit a letter (in two copies) to authorized` officials giving details such as train number, date of journey and of berths and the list of passengers. 

Step II  Get the permission of the authorized officials 

Step III  Contact the bulk booking counter for purchase of tickets 

Source:South Eastern Railway


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Monday, 25 May 2020

07:21

Refund of PRS Train Tickets will Start From 27.05.2020 –Western Railway

Refund of PRS Train Tickets will Start From 27.05.2020 –Western Railway

2020/05

24-05-2020

Mumbai

REFUND TO START FROM 27TH MAY AT PRS COUNTERS OF NOMINATED STATIONS OVER MUMBAI DIVISION OF WR

REFUND TO START FROM 27TH MAY AT PRS COUNTERS OF NOMINATED STATIONS OVER MUMBAI DIVISION OF WR

For the convenience of passengers, the Indian Railways has decided to restore passengers services in a phased manner with 100 pairs of trains starting from 1st June, 2020. Continuing with this decision, the functioning of selected Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters at nominated stations has also been re-started with effect from 22nd May, 2020. Now, Western Rly has also decided to re-start the refund of PRS train tickets of cancelled trains due to lockdown. Accordingly, in Mumbai division of WR, passengers will be able to get their refund of PRS tickets w.e.f. 27th May, 2020.

According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar - Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, over Mumbai Division of Western Railway, PRS counters are being operated at 6 stations i.e. Churchgate, Mumbai Central, Vasai Road, Valsad, Surat and Nandurbar from 22nd May, 2020 for passengers to book reserved tickets in special trains through cash or through Point of Sale (POS) machines. In addition to these, PRS counters will also be operated at 3 more locations at Andheri, Borivali and Vapi stations with effect from 27th May, 2020.

Shri Bhakar added that in continuation to this, it has also been decided that the refund of PRS tickets for the journey of trains cancelled between 22nd March, 2020 to 30th June, 2020 will be granted as per below schedule:

Journey commencement Date

Date of Refund o­n PRS Counters

22.03.2020 to 31.03.2020

From 27.05.2020 o­nwards

01.04.2020 to 14.04.2020

From 03.06.2020 o­nwards

15.04.2020 to 30.04.2020

From 09.06.2020 o­nwards

01.05.2020 to 15.05.2020

From 16.06.2020 o­nwards.

16.05.2020 to 31.05.2020

From 23.06.2020 o­nwards

01.06.2020 to 30.06.2020

From 28.06.2020 o­nwards

 It's worth mentioning that passengers can avail the refund within 180 days from the date of journey as stipulated by the Railways. Passengers are advised not to rush to avail refund against cancelled trains and avoid overcrowding by following social distancing norms and health protocols.

Source:Western Railway


 

 


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Friday, 8 June 2018

07:47

Supreme Court rejects Indian Railways’ appeal by allowing passengers to Travel With Waiting Ticket In Train

Supreme Court rejects Indian Railways’ appeal by allowing passengers to Travel With Waiting Ticket In Train
The “Supreme Court” has rejected the “Indian Railways'” appeal of banning travelers having booked tickets online but is in the waiting list. Now, passengers with an online ticket under “Waiting List” will also be allocated seats as well as those passengers who have waiting ticket booked from the counter. This has helped the users who used to book tickets online to Travel With Waiting Ticket In Train.

Earlier, only the passengers with paper tickets on the waiting list were allowed to board the train if the passenger having confirmed tickets could not claim their seat/berth while passengers carrying E-ticket With Waiting List were disallowed from boarding the train. The e-ticket got automatically canceled in case of no confirmation.

A two-member committee headed by Justice “Madan B Lokur”, has rejected the plea of “Railway Ministry” who were challenging the Delhi High Court’s order of 2014. The order was cleared due to no lawyer was present from Railway board to defend their case. Therefore, the distinction for Travel On Waiting E-ticket was removed.

In 2014, the “Delhi High Court” asked the “Rail Ministry” to reduce the distinction of paper and e-ticket. They had six months to remove this distinction and they had also asked the rail ministry to assure that brokers and agents do not block the tickets by using fake credentials so that they can purchase paper tickets instead of traveling with Waiting E Ticket for extra money.

The “High Court”, has said in its statement that Travel On Waiting Ticket booked online is rejected in case of non-confirmation. In this situation, the strategies used by people to occupy seats is wasted. There is no provision for paper tickets to get more preference than an online ticket with the possibility that people with confirmed tickets may not board the train for some reason.



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Monday, 26 February 2018

19:34

How to book train tickets online at Paytm ?

How to book train tickets online at Paytm ?
• Visit paytm.com/train-tickets
• Select City & Date of the journey, then click “Search” button
• Choose your train and check seat availability for the same
• Select seat class & date that suits you the best
• Click on “Book” button and enter your IRCTC login ID (If you do not have a login Id then choose “Sign-up with IRCTC” option or reset it by clicking on “Forgot IRCTC Password” button)
• Fill the requisite form and click “Book” button
• Now proceed for payment, Choose method of your preference i.e. Debit/Credit Card, Net banking or Paytm Wallet. All our payment means are secure and protected.
• You will be re-directed to IRCTC to enter the password for the user ID entered earlier and confirm. You are done with it!”
You will also receive an instant auto update of your payment and ticket through an e-mail & message on your registered mobile numbers or e-mail id. So no need to carry softcopy, be a smart user and forget those outdated practices! Make online train e-ticket booking without facing hustles & bustles at the ticket counter. We present handiness to book train tickets online anytime & anywhere. If you need any assistance while booking train tickets online, our customer service representatives are available 24 hours a day to help you.
Online train e-ticket booking is surely an ultimate choice for travelers as it saves time, money & efforts. So, no more uncertainties for last moment tickets, just #PaytmKaro and enjoy the train e-ticket booking service!
Go ahead and make your train reservation online with Paytm today!

 Source:Paytm
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Monday, 10 July 2017

08:44

Exemption on service charge on train tickets till September

Exemption on service charge on train tickets till September
The service charges on booking train tickets online through IRCTC range from Rs 20 to Rs 40 per ticket
Train passengers will continue to get benefits of a service charge exemption on tickets booked online till September. The government had waived service charges after demonetisation in November last year to encourage digital modes of booking. The service charges on booking train tickets online through IRCTC range from Rs 20 to Rs 40 per ticket.
To promote digital modes of payment, the government decided post demonetisation that service charge on online booking of train tickets would be withdrawn for tickets booked from November 23, 2016, to March 31, 2017. Later, the government extended the exemption period to June 30.
Now, the exemption on service charge has been further extended till September-end this year, said a senior Railway Ministry official. The government has done this to help passengers and promote payments made through digital modes.
IRCTC, the ticketing agency of the railways, is expected to lose about Rs 500 crore a year due to the exemption. The Railway Ministry has written to the Finance Ministry seeking reimbursement of the loss. IRCTC shares half of the service charge revenue with the railways.



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Friday, 9 June 2017

11:29

BOOK TRAIN TICKETS OVER IRCTC PORTAL USING IMPS

BOOK TRAIN TICKETS OVER IRCTC PORTAL USING IMPS

Now you can book trains tickets over the IRCTC portal and pay using IMPS.

Steps to follow for making payments for booking tickets over IRCTC portal:

Obtain One Time Password before you log into IRCTC portal.
  • OTP can be obtained through the menu option provided in the mobile banking application under IMPS- Interbank Mobile Payment Service  Generate OTP.
  • The Mobile Banking users registered for USSD or SMS banking can obtain the OTP from our Contact Centre. The customer can call the Banks contact centre toll free number 18004253800 from the mobile number registered for the service. The customer will be required to enter the last four digits of the account number and the last three digits of the user ID. The OTP will be advised to the customer over IVR and also over SMS to the mobile number.
  • The OTP will be valid for one hour only.
Make the payment
  • After completing the necessary data entry over the IRCTC portal, proceed to make payment for the tickets purchased.
  • From the payment options , choose Mobile/ Net Banking and choose IMPS
  • You will be directed to the STATE BANK OF INDIA  PAYMENT GATEWAY screen in which the merchant name (IRCTC), order number and ticket amount will be displayed.
  • Enter your Mobile number (registered for the Mobile Banking Service), your MMID, OTP obtained and submit.
  • The submitted data will be processed and payment instructions to IRCTC will be confirmed accordingly.
  • The user will be charged Rs.5/- if the cost of the tickets booked is up to Rs.5000/- and Rs.10/- if the cost exceeds Rs.5000/-. The charges, as above, will be over and above the cost of tickets and IRCTC charges.
  • The other processes at IRCTC portal remain the same.


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Friday, 12 May 2017

08:07

Train tickets may get costlier as Railways rethinks service charge waiver

Train tickets may get costlier as Railways rethinks service charge waiver

Amid IRCTC's Rs 500-cr loss, Railways is learnt to have initiated talks with the finance ministry
Hit by mounting losses, state-run Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Indian Railways are pushing for a partial rollback of the service charges waiver given on train tickets earlier to boost digital transactions after the government's demonetisation move. According to sources, Indian Railways has already initiated talks with the finance ministry over this. 
On November 23 last year, the government had waived the service charge, while a free insurance scheme was also implemented on December 9. An annual waiver of service charge will lead to a loss of about Rs 500 crore on the revenue of IRCTC, while the company is likely to suffer an additional outgo of Rs 36-40 crore, if free insurance scheme is extended annually. The ministry of railways has written several letters to the finance ministry to compensate for these losses.
On March 31, the Narendra Modi government had extended these digital sops till June 30. “We are now pushing even harder for compensation from finance ministry. If the finance ministry again wants to extend the scheme after June 30, we are telling that at least some part of IRCTC’s revenue should be restored. That means at least 70 per cent of the previous service charge,” said an official source close to the development.  
Before the offer was rolled out, IRCTC used to charge Rs 40 per ticket for bookings in air-conditioned classes and Rs 20 per ticket in sleeper class. For IRCTC, this has been a major revenue source, as the company posted Rs 551 crore in income from railway ticketing in 2015-16, up from Rs 256 crore in 2014-15. Out of its monthly share on service charge, 50 per cent used to go to the railways’ kitty. This comes at a time when IRCTC is one among the 11 state-run companies, in which the government wants to sell its shares this fiscal.
In order to minimize its losses the company has now started seeking from banks a higher security deposit and also half of their transaction fees to minimize its losses.  As per the new policy by IRCTC, new banks which want to integrate with it for payment gateways should pay Rs 20 lakh as security deposit, while existing banks should pay Rs 10 lakh.  This has led to a tiff between the company and the banks. “We have asked the ministry to intervene in this matter or to take it up with banks,” said an IRCTC official, in terms of anonymity.
Interestingly, IRCTC through its website and mobile app has now introduced pay-on-delivery as one of the payment options for its customers. Delivering tickets at the consumer’s doorstep by offering the pay-on-delivery option will facilitate those consumers who book through travel agents to move to online medium. The service will be available in more than 600 cities covering more than 4000 pin codes and would be initially available five days before the departure date. The customer will have to do a one time registration for availing PoD as a payment option. Customer will have to tender either AADHAAR or PANCARD to avail this payment option. Payment on Delivery Charges shall be Rs.90 for transaction up to Rs 5,000 and Rs 120 for transactions valuing more than Rs 5,000.
POINTERS
1. An annual waiver of service charge will lead to a loss of about Rs 500 crore on the revenue of IRCTC
2. The company is likely to suffer an additional outgo of Rs 36-40 crore, if free insurance scheme is extended annually.
3. IRCTC used to charge Rs 40 per ticket for bookings in air-conditioned classes and Rs 20 per ticket in sleeper class.
4.  The company had posted Rs 551 crore in income from railway ticketing in 2015-16, up from Rs 256 crore in 2014-15.


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Thursday, 16 March 2017

19:36

Suresh Prabhu take a bow: Konkan Railway delivers milk to a baby after a tweet!

Suresh Prabhu take a bow: Konkan Railway delivers milk to a baby after a tweet!

On March 12, a concerned passenger Anagha Nikam-Magdum tweeted to Konkan Railways about an infant who needed milk but the parents did not seem to know where to get some for it. Little did she expect that her one tweet would solve the parents concern so promptly. She tweeted, “This baby needs milk, baby travelling with her parents @KonkanRailway ‘s , Happa Express, please contact Sneha Bapat travelling with them”. Konkan Railways were prompt in replying and asked the passenger’s PNR details.To her surprise Konkan Railway too noticed and promptly asked for the ticket details. Nikam-Magdum shared a photo of the ticket of child's parents.No sooner had she done so, Konkan Railways replied, “milk arranged at Kolad station, please come out of coach at Kolad stn.”Later the passenger tweeted in gratitude at the prompt reply by the Konkan Railways saying “Kartiki (the child) is so lucky, she got milk in a running Happa Express, thank you @KonkanRailway.” We guess we have to hand it on to Suresh Prabhu. He is doing a fabulous job.

Source: Dna India


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Thursday, 23 February 2017

07:24

RESERVED TICKET HOLDERS TRAVELLING BY SUBURBAN TRAINS

RESERVED TICKET HOLDERS TRAVELLING BY SUBURBAN TRAINS

813/2016-17
22-02-2017
CHENNAI

RESERVED TICKET HOLDERS TRAVELLING BY SUBURBAN TRAINS

All passengers holding a higher class of ticket, including reserved ticket are permitted to travel in suburban trains, between Tambaram – Chennai Egmore and Arakkonam – Chennai Central subject to the condition that destination station of the higher class ticket is beyond the destination of the suburban journey.

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Friday, 13 January 2017

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Thursday, 29 September 2016

07:23

10 Lakhs fail to travel daily due to non-availability of rail

10 Lakhs fail to travel daily due to non-availability of rail
New Delhi: Highlighting the demand-supply “mismatch” on long distance trains, a study by RailYatri. It has stated that over 10 lakh people fail to travel daily due to non-availability of tickets.
The RailYatri.In, which has been tracking the booking pattern of train tickets since January this year across the country, said that nearly 10-12 lakh people are unable to travel on a daily basis as their tickets are not confirmed.
This would translate to nearly 13 per cent of long distance train travellers daily. In the peak travel season, the figure increases to about 19 per cent, it said.
The portal has analysed the travel plans of over 30 lakh people from over 3,100 railway stations looking for seats in nearly 2,800 trains as part of the study.
“While we were always aware of the demand-supply mismatch in train travel, the scale of surplus demand as brought out by this study has been an eye opener for us,” says Manish Rathi, CEO of RailYatri.In.
However, a Railway spokesperson said, “The study does not appear to be based on complete facts. It has not taken into account various sectoral and seasonal variations. The figures are a bit exaggerated.”
RailYatri maintains that despite an increase in several transport options, trains continue to be the most-preferred mode for long-distance travel.
“However, this would require hundreds of more trains to run every day. Considering the already overloaded network, the chances of a substantial number of more trains being added in the near future is difficult,” Rathi added.

Source:RailNews
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Saturday, 20 August 2016

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Friday, 22 July 2016

23:07

Reduction In Tatkal Quota in Indian Railway

Reduction In Tatkal Quota in Indian Railway 

Although Zonal Railways can earmark a maximum of 30% of available accommodation as Tatkal, yet Tatkal quota like all other reservation quotas is reviewed on a periodical basis so as to earmark it based on realistic demand pattern, by reducing it if required. In 2015-16, approximately 18.20% of the total accommodation has been earmarked as Tatkal quota (including Premium Tatkal). Moreover, adequate safeguards have been built in the scheme and various steps have been taken to avoid misuse of the Tatkal scheme, some of which are as under: 

i.No refund is granted on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal ticket. 

ii.The facility of change of name is not permitted on the booking made under Tatkal Scheme. 

iii.The timings of opening of booking under Tatkal scheme on the opening day of reservation have been staggered to 1000 hours and 1100 hours on the previous day of journey from train originating station for AC and non-AC classes respectively. 

iv.Authorised ticketing agents have been restricted from booking Tatkal tickets during the first thirty minutes of opening of Tatkal booking i.e. from 1000 hours to 1030 hours and from 1100 hours to 1130 hours. 

v.Web service agents have been permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day. 

vi.Maximum four passengers per PNR are permitted for Tatkal Tickets. Individuals are allowed only 2 Tatkal tickets per IP Address from 1000 hours to 1200 hours and maximum number of tickets allowed to an individual user is limited to 6 per month. 

vii.CCTVs are installed at important PRS locations to monitor the activity of touts. Regular inspections/drives are conducted to unearth activity of malpractice. 

This Press Release is based on information given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications and Minister of State for Railways in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 22.07.2016 (Friday). 

Source:PIBNEWS



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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

07:16

IRCTC MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

IRCTC MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Booking and cancellation for all trains will not be available from 00:30 hrs to 04:00 hrs of 12/07/2016 due to maintenance activity. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Source:IRCTC


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Saturday, 25 June 2016

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Sunday, 5 June 2016

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Thursday, 2 June 2016

08:09

Yay! IRCTC Abolishes Service Fee on Online Train Ticket Bookings!

Yay! IRCTC Abolishes Service Fee on Online Train Ticket Bookings!

PM Modi’s Digital India vision is now spreading to all Govt. departments; and the latest to get smitten by it’s charm is Indian Railways.

In a move to promote cashless economy, Indian Railways has decided to waive off service fee from all type of online bookings, effective June 1st. Hence, if you use your debit/credit card or Internet Banking to book any train ticket (including Tatkal), there won’t be any service fee of Rs 30, which is normally levied for using IRCTC’s website for booking tickets.

This is a significant decision for encouraging cashless transactions, all over India. There are several passengers who enquire about seat availability online, but book their tickets by visiting at the counter, to avoid this service fee of Rs 30. But from now, such type of passengers shall use IRCTC’s platform to enquire as well as book the tickets.

Indian Govt.’s Cashless Push
Since last one year, Indian Government has announced several plans and schemes, meant for pushing and encouraging cashless transactions.

In February this year, Govt. removed surcharge, service charge and all types of additional fees for digital payments. Considering the fact cash transactions cost India’s GDP a whooping 5-7% as the cost amounting to maintenance is going up every year, Govt. is trying to lure one and all into the gambit of cashless transactions.

Last year, India Govt. shocked everyone when they announced all Govt. transactions above Rs 1000 would be digital, by rule. This was seen as one of the biggest push for cashless payments ever witnessed in India.

Startups Promoting Cashless Transactions
And, startups specializing in mobile wallets are anyways promoting and encouraging cashless transactions, which is perfectly in-sync with Government’s push for the same.

Paytm is the most aggressive company in this regard, as they have now enabled QR Code enabled cashless payments for offline shop-owners; payment of school fees, dues etc; Delhi Metro rides; and more.

FreeCharge is enabling P2P payments using their app in 5 seconds; while MobiKwik is transforming rural India with cashless initiatives. Ola and Oyo Rooms have partnered for cashless transactions for paying for hotel rooms and cabs; while ICICI Bank is enabling NFC based cashless payments using mobile.

The revolution of cashless and digital payments have actually begun, as last year in December, for the first time in history, digital payments surpassed paper-based transactions in India.

With Indian Railways removing any service fee for digital payments, we may soon witness a new surge in cashless payments in India.

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Monday, 23 May 2016

08:31

Railway personnel arrest three touts

Railway personnel arrest three touts

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel attached to Mangaluru Central Railway Station on Saturday arrested three persons on the charge of selling train tickets to passengers for a premium.

An RPF official gave the names of the arrested as Kiran J. Bhat (35) of Chilimbi, Umesh (41) of Kankanady and Ravi Rajendra Shetty (30) of Kenjar.

Kiran was in possession of a second AC tatkal ticket from Mangaluru Central and Vadodara; Umesh possessed a three AC tatkal ticket between Mangaluru Central and Mumbai LTT and Ravi had a three AC tatkal ticket from Mangaluru Central and Mumbai CSTM, all for travel on Sunday.

The tickets were worth over Rs. 20,000 as each ticket had at least four passengers.

Police claimed that the accused used to buy tatkal tickets in advance and sell them for premium to genuine passengers.

The accused were produced before the jurisdictional magistrate and were remanded to three-day judicial custody.

According to RPF Police Sub-Inspector Bharat Raj, the accused either used to occupy the queue on their own or deploy their men as soon as the tatkal window opened.

Source:The Hindu 
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Friday, 20 May 2016

19:11

Booking and Cancellation of Train Tickets-Not Available from 00:20 to 04:00 -IRCTC

Booking and Cancellation of Train Tickets-Not Available from 00:20 to 04:00 -IRCTC

CHENNAI

Booking and cancellation for the trains originating from Chennai Node will not be available from 00:20 hrs of to 04:00 hrs of 22/05/2016 due to maintenance activity. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

KOLKATA

Booking and cancellation for the trains originating from Kolkata Node will not be available from 00:20 hrs of to 04:30 hrs of 22/05/2016 due to maintenance activity. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Source:IRCTC
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