GET PNR STATUS

PNR Status

PNR status of your Indian Railways or IRCTC booking can be checked online easily! Enter the 10-digit PNR (Passenger Name Record) number and click on the Get PNR Status button. You will find the PNR number on the top left corner of the ticket. Passengers can check the status of reservations on the various zones like Northern Railway, Central Railway, Southern Railway etc using this interface.

Enter the 10-digit PNR number below

The Indian Railways train schedule/ time table and seat availability can be checked using the following links.

	Indian Railways Train Schedule
	Indian Railways Seat Availability

Disclaimer: This site is not affiliated to Indian Railways, and does not store in its database any content of Indian Railways website. For official Indian Railways website, visit http://www.indianrail.gov.in

You can Travel in Train without IRCTC e-Ticket PrintOut

Travel with IRCTC Electronic e-Ticket instead of IRCTC e-Ticket Print Out

Good news for rail passengers, IRCTC along with Indian Railways has taken much needed step for its customers. Now, rail passengers can travel in trains without carrying printouts of e-tickets booked online through IRCTC. Earlier, passengers traveling without IRCTC e-ticket printout were to pay a fine of Rs 50 per ticket. So after booking tickets online through IRCTC, rail passengers were forced to take a printout of e-ticket on a A4 size page to avoid such unwanted fine by the ticket examiners in the train while traveling.

What to do to Travel Without E-Ticket Printout

Well, you also dont want to take printout of e-Ticket. For this you can travel with just a soft copy of IRCTC e-ticket. The soft copy can be:

• SMS by IRCTC | Railways- The ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC | Railways after you complete the online ticket booking process will also serve as E Ticket. You can travel by showing that SMS message of the e-ticket on your mobile phone. But ensure it that the SMS contains all the vital details of the rail-ticket like PNR, Date of Journey, Train Number, class, name & number of rail passengers, coach number & Seat Number and amount of fare paid. One illustrated example of the SMS is
  PNR: 4231009529 Train: 16723, DOJ: 15/07/2011, 3AC, NDLS to BCT, Hari Krishna +3, S1 10-13, Fare Rs 10,000, SC Rs 10 (+PG charges as applicable)
• Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS)- The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars, and instructions for use which can be used by the passenger along with the relevant authorized Identification, as travel authority for performing the journey.
• Virtual Reservation Message (VRM)- A screen-shot of the e-ticket displayed through laptops/palmtops/ Mobile phone is referred as Virtual Reservation Message (VRM).
• Mobile Reservation Message (MRM)- A screen-shot of the e-ticket on mobile phones for tickets booked through mobile phones.

SMS | ERS | VRM | MRM sent by IRCTC | Railways along with one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity in original will also authorize the passenger to enter the platform on the day of journey and he/she will not be required to purchase platform ticket. SMS | ERS | VRM | MRM sent by IRCTC | Railways along with original id proof will be required also to be produced on demand of Ticket Checking Staff on the platform.

50 Lakh A4 size papers could be saved every year by taking this revolutionary step as said by Indian Railways. Really this is a environment-friendly and bold step towards a greener world. So people should now stop taking print-outs of the e-Tickets for making journey in trains.

By now, you have clearly known it that “E - Ticket Print Out is Not Required” while traveling in trains. So, next time when you book any ticket through IRCTC website avoid taking the prints of your ticket instead remember to carry the E-Ticket in the electronic modes on your devices like Mobile, SmartPhone, Laptop, IPad etc.
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Real Time Train Running Information (RTIS) at simran.in

Train Running Information Real Time Rail Enquiry Live at simran.in

Indian Railways is Asia’s largest rail network. About 30 million railway passengers travel daily in 10,000+ trains running across the country. Railway network in India is like a big net spread widely across the country making Indian Railways a complex system. So train running information system in India plays a vital role for Indian railways passengers, general public and worried relatives of the train travelers.  

Necessity of GPS based Train Tracking System

Indian Railways has continuously been improving its services related to train running information to rail users | passengers | travelers. In fact some years ago Railways has already added internet based Enhanced National Train Enquiry System to provide train running information besides its manual (telephonic) train enquiry system. Currently online train running status is viewed widely over the internet using Enhanced National Train Enquiry System for almost all the passenger trains running in India. Two shortcut methods to track train online have already been described in my previous post related to railway live train running status trick to view online train position. Since currently accessible Train Running Information viewed at Indian railway website trainenquiry.com is primarily dependent on manual feeding of train positional data with time, it has certain limitations. So to overcome this situation usage of Advanced Communication and Information Technology such as GPS basedtrain tracking system was felt. 

Launching of Satellite based Train Running Information

To fulfill latest customer expectations, recently, the Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) project was started by Indian Railways on October 19, 2011. This Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) project is actually train enquiry system based on GPS which provides accurate train running information to rail passengers | general public. Through this new online train running position, rail passengers can also know about current speed of running train, next stoppage station with remaining distance in km, nearest approaching or recently passed intermediate railway station and much more. Through Real Time Train Information System passengers | travelers | public can easily know current train position, train running location i.e. if train is running right time (RT) or if train is running late (LT) too. 

What actually is Real Time Train Information System

Real Time Train Information System (RTIS) project is based on SIMRAN and has jointly been developed by Indian Railways and IIT Kanpur. SIMRAN stands forSatellite IMaging for RAil Navigation. As RTIS is based on satellite, so accurate tracking of running train is easily possible for rail travelers. Real Time Train Information System is able to provide accurate train running information on a single click of mouse button on your computer or laptop or through a SMS sent from your mobile. Seeing this advanced features, RTIS will be welcomed by rail passengers as it was an important demand for a long lime. This new running train position system will replace the currently train running information system. Introduction of SIMRAN in Indian Railways is a revolutionary step which would bring a big turnaround in representing correct online live information on train timetable of running trains. 

Where do you find Real Time Train Running Information

SIMRAN.IN is the website through which newly launched Real Time Train Running Information can be accessed to get live train running status of desired train. Now first phase of Real Train Information System (RTIS) for general public is available on Pilot Basis to access at the website http://simran.in. In first phase of RTIS one can track real time live position of only few important trains which are train number 12003 | 12304 Lucknow - New Delhi Shatabdi Express, train number 12301 | 12302 Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya Junction), train number 12305 | 12306 Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Patna Junction), train number 12313 | 12314 Sealdah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express, train number 12951 | 12952 Mumbai Central - New Delhi Rajdhani Express and train number 12953 | 12954 Mumbai Central – Nizamuddin A K Rajdhani Express. To access live real time train position data of above trains SMS service is also available on 09415139139. You can SMSTrain Number only to get the latest position of desired train. Alternatively, you can access train status on your internet enabled mobile phone or in your laptop | PC at the website simran.in. 

How to get Real Time Train Running Information (RTIS) at simran.in

One can easily get Real Time Train Running Information (RTIS) using one of the methods given below:

1. Live Train Running Information on your Computer | Laptop | Smart-Phone:

   • Just type in the address bar of your internet browser: simran.inand press enter.
   • Here you will get a webpage displaying a list of running trains along with their online live status.
   
   • Click on the Train Number you want to look further.
   • Finally you have detailed station by station updated time table of the train as shown below.
   

2. Train Running Position through SMS:

   • For current train position through SMS simply send a text message "<train number>" to mobile number 09415139139.
   • For example a passenger seeking current train position of train number 12004 would simply send 12004 to mobile number09415139139.
   • One actual SMS reply received from 09415139139 is:
     On 19/10/2011 10:00, Train 12004 N Delhi – Lucknow Shat. is running at 129 kmph near Bharthana, 126 km from KANPUR CENTRAL. Presently Right on time
   • Ministry of Railways has approved to implement RTIS for tracking all trains, passenger trains and freight trains too. The complete RTIS project is scheduled to be completed by December 2012. Hopefully we will enjoy this new real time train running information system in the year 2013, until that time we can get running position of only selected trains at the website simran.in.
     So enjoy accessing real time train running status online
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IRCTC Steps made Tatkal Ticket Booking Trouble-Free

IRCTC implemented Steps to Streamline Tatkal Ticket Booking for Rail Passengers

Tatkal ticket scheme is to meet urgent travel requirements of rail passengers who plan their journey at short notice. Tatkal ticket scheme was introduced for convenience of train travelers. But recent reports reveals it that the Tatkal scheme is being misused by a certain section of the public. So to stop misuse of Tatkal scheme urgent steps were felt necessary.Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a PSU of Ministry of Railways which manages Railways e-ticketing website namely www.irctc.co.in has implemented additional steps to streamline Tatkal ticket bookings. These steps taken by IRCTC will ensure delivery of Tatkal train tickets to the needy travelers likely to travel on urgent need.

Steps taken by IRCTC to streamline tatkal ticket booking

Online Tatkal Booking : Common Problems

Following steps have been implemented by IRCTC, the online ticket booking website, to make trouble-free Tatkal tickets booking for rail travelers:

• High capacity Database servers have been installed.
• Internet Bandwidth has been increased from 344 mbps to 450 mbps
• Single user registration on one e-mail ID with email verification has been implemented.
• Mobile validation of users and single user registration on one mobile number has been implemented.
• Web service agents have been permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day on internet after 12:00 hours
• Individual users are permitted to book only two tickets between 10:00 hours to 12:00 hours
• Only two tickets can be booked per IP address between 10-12 AM. IP address check has helped in preventing multiple bookings from same office complex / internet cafe etc. This also helps in facilitating bookings by genuine users and prevents bookings for commercial gains.
• Single session per user ID check has been implemented. With this step, a user on irctc.co.in will be able to open his account for booking of e-tickets only once. Multiple sessions with single user ID cannot be opened thereby enabling maximum users to access website and reduce congestion.
• Captcha has been put and strengthened for booking in the ‘Plan My Travel’ to check fraudulent booking through automation software. (CAPTCHAs is a technology used in attempts to prevent automated software from performing actions which degrade the quality of service of a given system)
• Quick Book Option and Cash Cards option has been stopped between 10:00 hours to 12:00 hours
• An IT-Anti Fraud Squad has been created at Internet Ticketing Centre to detect cases of fraud and fraudulent activity and also for constant cyberspace surveillance to detect possible threats to the system.
• Upon receipt of complaint against the sub-agent, the user–id is deactivated and the sub-agent is black-listed. The details of the black-listed agent are put on the IRCTC website. All the Principal Agents have been instructed not to take on such black-listed agents.
• For any complaint, against the e-ticket agents, one may contactagentcomplaint@irctc.co.in (011-23745962) or care@irctc.co.in (011-39340000)
• The Ministry of Railways has also initiated steps to augment e-ticket handling capacity of its website through short term and long term measures. Both IRCTC and CRIS are working jointly in this direction. Due to these steps, the present e-ticket capacity will increase from existing about 3.5 lakh bookings to around 5 lakh bookings per day in about four months period in the short term which will further be increased to about 8 lakh bookings per day in the long term plan.

Implementing the above steps by IRCTC it is assumed that rail passengers can avail problem-free Tatkal ticket booking.

So you must be aware of these new rules while you book Tatkal rail ticket and do share your comments, views, suggestions on accessing IRCTC initiatives for making tatkal booking easier for passengers.

Get IRCTC SMS again if IRCTC ticket booking SMS failed

IRCTC ticket booking SMS is still undelivered to your mobile! So you want to makeIRCTC SMS resent by IRCTC. All right! Know it how to get IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS again if somehow SMS sent by IRCTC is not received to mobile.

What is IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS

After booking online rail ticket from IRCTC website, an IRCTC user gets ticket confirmation SMS from IRCTC. The SMS so sent to mobile number of IRCTC user contains important passenger information such as PNR, train number, date of journey, class type info, source & destination station codes, passenger name, coach number, seat number, fare amount, surcharge amount, etc. Due to IRCTC’s “go green” initiative, these days, IRCTC Ticket SMS may be used as e-ticket while traveling in train. So rail passengers also dont want to take a printout of IRCTC e-ticket instead they want to receive IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS in their mobile phone so that they can show that SMS whenever ticket checking staff in train asks them for the ticket. check PNR Status now

Why Resending of IRCTC SMS is Needed

Since IRCTC SMS may also be treated as a replacement of PrintOut of e-Ticket. So people who booked IRCTC e-Ticket require confirmation message to retain in their mobiles. For various reasons resending of IRCTC SMS is needed, few of them are:-

• Due to mobile network problem, at times, IRCTC SMS is not delivered to the users mobile after the ticket booking process is completed.
• Since rail traveler can travel in train without e-ticket print out so resending of IRCTC SMS is necessary if the previous sent ticket confirmation SMS by IRCTC is lost any way.
• Ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC may be, sometimes, undelivered for some technical reasons also.
• It is also possible that IRCTC users receive the ticket confirmation message after completion of e-ticket booking process by IRCTC butSMS got deleted accidentally or otherwise.
• Some users want to get IRCTC SMS resent for checking if SMS resending facility is working correctly.

Besides above, there may be some other reasons also for getting IRCTC SMS again.

How to Get IRCTC SMS Again

IRCTC online user, who wants to get IRCTC SMS again for any e-ticket booked, have to follow these easy steps:

• Log in to your IRCTC online account.
• Click on plus (+) of “My Transaction” link from the left tab. For this, you will be prompted to enter your IRCTC password once again.
• Now, click on “Booked History” link.
• You will see that the recently booked tickets details are displayed in the right tab.
• Now, select your particular ticket for which you want to get “IRCTC confirmation SMS again”.
• Finally click on “Get SMS” button (situated in the most left).
• You are done now; you will soon get the IRCTC confirmation SMSagain to your mobile number.

This way an IRCTC user can easily gets IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS once more.

By now you have known how to get ticket re-SMS from IRCTC. Hence, you don’t have to worry if the ticket confirmation SMS is undelivered at the time of e-ticket booking or somehow IRCTC SMS is mistakenly deleted from your cell-phone. You can re-receive IRCTC SMS to your mobile using the easy steps described above tore-get SMS from IRCTC.

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