More and more people are adopting e-ticketing facility. Due to advances and availability of internet facility to more population they are resorting to this facility to book ticket seamlessly rather than depending on the standing in long queues. Now after online booking a print out can be used as a ticket. To avail this facility you need a printer and an identity proof. Though there are chances that you may lose the paper. But that is not a matter to worry about, as when you lose the print out , you can either take another printout or if you have already boarded the train, by paying an extra amount as a fine you can resume the train journey. indian railways.

The is an virtual copy of the ticket and an electronic version of the paper ticket which was earlier being issued by the reservation counters. An E-Ticket can be booked 60 days in advance prior to the scheduled date of journey. If a passenger has done online booking and carries an E-ticket he has to provide his identity proof when asked for after boarding the train. By bearing the ticket a person can enter to the railway station premises to board a train or wait on the platform for the train. If you forget to carry the ticket print out you might be charged an extra rs.50 by the authorities checking the ticket.

On the the government website IRCTC, you can register yourself free of cost to book ticket online. This is the official site for online train booking and you can also use the site to check the status of the ticket and of the running trains.

The online portal of MakeMyTrip.com is very user friendly and guides you to book the ticket step by step as you log on to the website using your user id and password after registering on the website. Then you have to click on the option plan my travel and then book my ticket. This wizard has a form and asks you to fill in information about the originating station and the destination station and then to select the class of journey and the date of the journey. Then a number of trains available for the date and between the stations are available. You have to check the availability and according click on the train in which you want to travel depending on the departure time. Then you can click on ‘book ticket’. There is an option which enables you to choose the berth you wish to accommodate. You can make a payment using the credit or the debit card.