How to Book Online Railway Tickets in India
As everyone knows, Traditional Ticket reservation system in several Railway stations in India makes big troubles to passengers. Long Queues for taking tickets, misbehavior of Railway employees, network delays, etc., may insists several passengers to look for other method of Traveling through buses or Flights by suffering high fare. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) facilitate various online and Automatic telephonic answering system for Railway Customer Satisfaction.
IRCTC brings online Reservation facility for Railway travel from Anywhere in India. Online reservation through the official website of IRCTC, www.irctc.com helps the passengers to reserve railway tickets from Home through their Credit Card or Net banking Facility.
How to use Railway Enquiry on SMS
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) launched Railway Enquiry on SMS for availing the following services through a SMS to 139.
- PNR Enquiry
- Fare Enquiry
- Current Train Running Position
- Accommodation Availability.
How to Get PNR Status on SMS
While reserving tickets online we should aware how to check the current status of the ticket or PNR status. If the status of PNR is Waiting List (WL) or RAC mode at the time of online ticket reservation, we should frequently check PNR status of our ticket for getting current position.
For Indian Railway PNR Status : Send SMS "PNR <10 digit PNR no> to 139"
For Example our PNR No is 436-1234567, send a SMS to 139 by typing PNR 4361234567
How to know Train running Status on SMS
If you want to know the running status of a train or when will the reach your train at your station, you can use the following sms format to get information
For getting Train Status - Send SMS Train <Train No> <"Doj**ddMMyy"> <"Station Code"> to 139
How to know Seat availability through SMS
For Seat Availability - Send SMS Train <"Train No"> <"Doj**ddMMyy"> <"Station From : STD Code"> <"Station To : STD Code"> <"Class"> <"Class Type"> to 139