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Subversion of IRCTC online Ticket Booking system helped touts book tickets

Mumbai: The multi-crore ticket touting scam busted by Central Railway’s Railway Protection Force (RPF) unit and the commercial department has unearthed another disturbing truth about the large-scale subversion of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’s (IRCTC) online ticket booking system. Subversion of IRCTC online Ticket Booking system helped touts book tickets The RPF’s interrogation […]

Tatkal booking system for Heritage Train

Out of the 90 second class seats, nine seats have been alloted for Tatkal and charges for it would be Rs 40 per ticket for the Train numbers 56136/56137 Coimbatore:  Tatkal system of booking tickets is being introduced in the Mettupalayam-Udhagamndalam Mettupalayam-Nilgiri Mountain Railway, for which advance reservation system is available at present, with immediate […]

Successful Adoption of Pharmacy Practice Regulations by Railways in all medical facilities across the country

MUMBAI: With the pharmacists’ representatives from across the country starting an agitation recently in New Delhi demanding implementation of Pharmacy Practice Regulations, the issue of implementation of PPR has once again come into focus. The agitators led by pharmacist activist Vinay Kumar Bharti are seeking a direction from the central government to state governments to implement […]

India’s first Railway University in Vadodara

National Academy of Indian Railways (formerly Railway Staff College), Vadodara where the proposed Railway University is being planned to be set up by Centre India’s first Railway University in Vadodara Vadodara (BRC): Railways is speedily working on setting up the first Railway university of the country. The university will come up at Vadodara in Gujarat. The […]

How To Transfer Confirmed Railways Ticket To Another?

NEW DELHI: Taking into consideration different conditions that arise while we decide to make our travel by Indian railways, the behemoth has been generous to offer transfer facility to a different passenger. As per the company’s website, the facility is extended to both online and offline tickets. And for both, the request for such a […]

Now Book Railway Reservation through Simple SMS! – an IRCTC/CRIS initiative

A user’s guide, comparisons and limitations of the railway’s latest SMS based ticketing service targeting the mobile phone population Indian Railways now provides enough options for you to avoid the queue at the booking counter. The latest is the SMS ticketing service which targets the 80 percent mobile phone population in India. Now Book Railway […]

Indian Railways Concession Rules for Students, Youth and Farmers explained here!

NEW DELHI: IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation) offers concessions on senior citizen tickets in online mode. For offline mode, Indian Railways offers concessions on ticket prices to 53 different categories. This reduction in ticket prices ranges from 25 per cent to 100 per cent and are available for disabled passengers, patients, senior citizens, awardees, war widows, students, […]

Passengers can now check Train Status through Whatsapp No.7349389104

The tool which has been designed using the ‘Machine Learning’ algorithm and the wait-listed PNR data of the past two years, will predict the confirmation probability for future journeys. NEW DELHI: Now, people can get the live status of a train on WhatsApp. The Railways recently announced that all the information regarding the train queries […]

History of Indian Railway Budget – Reminiscences!

In 1921, British railway economist, William Mitchell Acworth was appointed chairman of the Committee on Indian Railways. The report of the committee, known as the “Acworth Report”, led to reorganization of Indian Railways; thus separating the railway finances of India from the general government finances. In short, this led to creation of a separate Railway […]

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