Earlier it was a tiresome to book ticket. A person had to stand in long queues for long hours to make advance reservation. But now Indian Railways is going hi tech, giving way to online train reservation. This has helped in reducing the long queues and saving time for ticket reservations.
Online reservation is the easiest and reliable mode of booking tickets sitting at home. You just need to have access to a computer and hold a debit or a credit card. The most popular site for online booking is Makemytrip.com and IRCTC. This is a very popular site among all Indians and even foreigners who book tickets online for their visit to India. This site provides all sorts of information related the train number, fares, rules, and days of departure of a particular train, the route of the train as well as availability of reserved accommodation. You can even check the status of your wait-listed or RAC ticket on this website by just entering your PNR number.
To book an online Train ticket, one has to fill in the necessary data on the first page displayed on the website. Fill in the details regarding the originating station, destination, date of journey, class of accommodation and number of passenger. Once when you fill the complete details the system ask for payment. You can either use the debit card accepted by the Indian Railways website for direct transaction from your bank account or you can even use a credit card for payment.
Online Train Ticket Reservation - Indian Railway Online Ticket Reservation System
When you make an online booking there are two types of tickets that are available, E-Ticket or I-Ticket.
E- Tickets are tickets that appear on the screen after reservation and you just need to take a print out of the ticket with the appropriate identity proof. The other type of ticket is E-Ticket. These tickets are booked few days prior to the date of journey and are only for people in India. Foreigners cannot book these tickets as these are sent to the Indian address mentioned in the form. A nominal courier fee is charged against the ticket.
The only drawback of online reservation is some additional charges. When you book an online ticket, in addition to the actual fare of the journey you have to pay the reservation charges, service charge and the bank transfer fee of credit card interest. The total of the additional charges comes out to be nearly about Rs 100 to Rs 150. In this fast moving world people prefer paying these additional charges and avoid the hassles of standing in long queues for hours. International Indian Airlines
Indian Railway Reservation – Information about online railway ticket reservation
for the travellers travelling by Indian rails, for more information about online train ticket booking log on to Indianrailwaysreservation.in
