Rail Reservation Online

Author: slenamrie | Posted: 04.02.2012

Indian railways are governed by the ministry of railways of government of India. It is the world’s largest or utility or commercial employer with more than 1.4 million employees. The Indian Railways has a train network that is spread across the limits of the country in every direction, covering 6,909 stations over a total route length of more than 63,327 kilometers. The people who know internet for them Indian railway reservation is a very easy task. Indian railways online booking has really changed the system of reservation in India. The best thing about this online service is that one can get rail reservation done sitting at homes before the computer. All this have been possible with the technological advancement of Indian railways with due course of time.

To take advantage of the Indian Railways online rail reservation users need to go to the IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd) website (https://www.irctc.co.in), in addition to making bookings one can check the status of departing and arriving trains, train itineraries, ticket accessibility, postponing and cancelling railway bookings, make Tatkal reservations and Indian railway timetable among others. For making online rail reservation one has to create an account which requires your personal details also there is an option to select extra features like Mumbai sub urban, season ticket booking, mobile railway ticket booking, preferred payment options for SMS based booking, registration options for SBI railway credit card and Subh Yatra and signup options for special offers, news letter and commercial offers.

Once your account is created you can log in with your ID and book tickets just by filling in few traveling details. You just have to select your travel date, source and destination station name or code, class, ticket type and make the payment by credit card or a debit card. After your ticket is displayed on the screen you just have to take a print out and carry it along an identity proof (voter id, PAN card, Passport, ration card, driving license etc) for your journey. All these have been done for the convenience of the travelers. People who do not have access to Internet can adopt the old procedure of Indian railway reservation by going to the ticket counter as for that also Indian railways have opened many counters in every city for the betterment of passengers.

So next time you are planning to travel by Indian railways simply log on the official website and make your rail reservation with ease.

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