E- Ticket
To book your e-ticket, log in at www.irctc.co.in and select the e-ticket option.
Indian railways now has an e ticketing facility. Book your ticket, pay using Visa or Mastercard and simply print the ticket or ERS (Electronic Reservation slip) on your own computer.
Carry it with you along with your stated ID and you're on the train!!
IR accepts the following as valid ID
Voter Identity Card
Passport
PAN card
Driving License
Central/ state Govt issued Photo ID card.
~ You must carry the proper identity card as given during booking.
~ Your name must be on the reservation chart.
~ You must carry a platform ticket with him.
As yet this is a limited service but hopefully this will be extended as thing progress.
At present only confirmed / RAC tickets can be booked through e-Reservation,
For more info see here E-tickets http://www.irctc.co.in/e-Ticketing.htm
To book you'll have to register here Online Booking (tip : the online booking form demands a zip code and will only except a 6 digit Indian type pin code, make one up or copy from the net, it works no problem just a glitch in the booking form)
- You will be treated as ticketless and not be authorised to board the train if your/ the passenger's name does not appear on the chart.
-e-tickets will be available only for confirmed/ RAC tickets at this point of time.
-If the status is WL (neither Confirmed nor RAC) at the time of booking, the ticket will not be booked.
- A fine of Rs 50 on forgetting ERS
Cancellation of e-Tickets
e-Tickets can be cancelled on Internet at this website till Chart preparation of the train .Cancellations are not allowed at face to face Railway Counters. If the user wishes to cancel his e-Ticket, he can do so till the time of chart preparation for the train (which is normally 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train from the train originating station). He can log on to www.irctc.co.in and go to "Booked Tickets" link and select the ticket to be cancelled and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled. However if the Identity Card holder in the original ticket is selected for cancellation, all the passengers in the ticket would have be cancelled and a fresh reservation will have to be made, duly including the ID particulars of another passenger. Cancellation would be confirmed online and the refund would be credited back to the account used for booking as for normal Internet tickets. If there is any partial cancellation of ticket, please ensure that a fresh e-reservation slip (Electronic Reservation Slip) is printed separately as done for the original ticket. To take you step by step and familiarise you with the procedure for cancelling of e-tickets, please click HERE
For any claims on e-Tickets to be cancelled after the preparation of Reservation charts, the user has to send an email at the earliest possible time to
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giving full details of the ticket and stating the claim, which would then be processed by IRCTC with the Railway administration offline and refunds as sanctioned by the Railway administration would be credited back to the user's account
Booking Via SMS
As well as this they now offer a service whereby if registered with IR's mobile reservation services, you can book tickets vis your mobile usins the texting utility. You will also need a m banking account .
For more details see the link SMS train booking button on right side of the page
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