No truth in news of having blocked any card of any bank – IRCTC Revised Bank transaction charges for customers using any Debit cards at ICICI, AXIS Payment gateway , Paytm or Payu (Multiple Service Provider):- 0.25% for transactions upto Rs.1000/-, 0.5% for transactions above Rs.1000 and upto 2000/- and 1.0% for above 2000 value … Read more
IRCTC News – No right to claim seat on lower berth between 2200 and 0600 Hrs. A person booked on side upper berth will not have any claim of seat on the lower berth between 2200 hours and 0600 hours. Provision of sleeping accommodation in middle berths of 3-tier sleeper coaches- Amendment to para 652 … Read more
Automatic Refund of Confirmed/ RAC E-Tickets on Cancellation of Trains Ministry of Railways have decided to grant automatic refund of Confirmed/RAC e-tickets on cancellation of trains similar to waitlisted e-tickets. There shall not be any requirement for cancellation/filing of TDR for refund of e-tickets in case of cancellation of trains. This will become effective very … Read more
‘Operation Five Minutes’ – Now Unreserved Ticketing on your Mobile Phone Suresh Prabhu Launches Mobile App for Paperless Unreserved Ticketing Fulfilling yet another commitment of the Railway Budget 2015-16, the Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched Mobile Application for Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through video conferencing on Egmore–Tambaram Suburban Section of Chennai, at a … Read more
IRCTC plans to reduce the payment transaction time about 1.5 to 2.5 minutes per ticket booking online 15% of online rail tickets booked from Bihar Patna (PBNE): The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) created a record on April 1 by booking about 13 lakh e-tickets on its site, www.irctc.co.in. Normally, 5 to 6 … Read more
New identity cards for Physically Challenged Persons for booking railway tickets online New ID cards for Physically Challenged Persons: Online Reservations for Railway Tickets Plans are on to launch a new scheme under which physically-challenged persons will be given new identity cards. With these cards, they can now reserve railway tickets online. Physically-challenged persons must … Read more
Restriction on Login for Booking of Train e-Tickets Click to view the orders issued by Railway Board Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Railways 23-March-2015 16:52 IST Restriction on Login for Booking of Train e-Tickets The Ministry of Railways has decided that in case of e-ticketing, there will be a restriction of only … Read more
Printing of All India Helpline Number.“138”& Security Helpline Number. ‘182” on Train Tickets The Ministry of Railways has decided that in order to publicize and bring more awareness among train passengers, the text “All Indian Passenger Helpline No. 138” is to be got printed at the front of the reserved as well as unreserved train … Read more
Reservation period has been extended from 60 days to 120 days – “Operation five minutes” Scheme Railway passengers soon will be able to book your rail ticket four months in advance instead of two months at present. In his Railway budget speech in Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said advance reservation period … Read more
Mobile Phone Charging Facilities to be Provided in General Class Coaches On-Board Entertainment on Select Shatabdi Trains The Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that Indian Railways’ Delhi Division is taking up a project for introducing on-board entertainment on select Shatabdi trains on license fee basis. He said,depending on the response, the … Read more