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With the Indian Railways going
high tech, people who have access to a computer and the Internet
can now reserve their tickets online. In fact, Indian Railway
online
Reservation has made things easier for many people who
want to travel. A
lthough the queues at railway counters are
still long, they would be longer if online reservation had not
been made possible.
The Indian Railways online reservation website is irctc.co.in .
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This is a very popular website not only for reservation of
tickets but also, to enquire the status of a wait listed ticket,
find out about the trains that are available for a particular
station from a particular station, the time table and the
availability status on a particular day by a particular train. A
big factor here is that you can book sitting at home in front of
the computer.
If you have a bank account in the list of banks cited on the
page, then by debiting the bank account straight away, payment
for the ticket can be made.
Online Indian railway ticket reservation can also be done
through the use of credit cards. This web site is so popular
that it is visited at least a million times a day either to find
out the Train fare, train reservation or the availability status
of a wait listed ticket.
For those who do not have a credit card or a net connection at
home, Sify Iway cyber cafés book your ticket online for a cash
payment. These cafes are present in many small towns and cities
of India. The SBI railway card is very useful to book tickets
online and gather points for each booking.
Likewise Federal Bank and IRCTC have joined together to enable
customers to book railway tickets online by using the Fed Net
principle. From anywhere in India or abroad, reservations can be
made by debiting the Federal bank account. Tickets are delivered
free of charge to all customers of this bank.
Just to lure the public, the online reservation site has a
feature called Shubh Yatra. It is something like the incentive
given to the “frequent flyer”. However, it is applicable only if
you travel by 2nd AC and above. There is an annual fee that you
have to pay.
There are two types of tickets that are available to you when
you reserve tickets online.
I-tickets : These are Indian railway tickets, which are booked
after filling in the necessary data. They must be booked at
least a couple of days in advance of the date of journey. The
tickets are sent to the address that is mentioned in the form. A
small fee is included for courier charges. So just sitting at
home and without standing in a queue, you get your ticket on the
platter.
The other type of tickets is the E-tickets. Once your confirmed
ticket appears on the screen, you can take a printout and with
the appropriate identity card you are set to make the journey.
Indian Railway online reservation is not all rosy. Sometimes the
site does not open, sometimes you have to login half a dozen
times before you succeed in booking a ticket, but with all that
it has definitely made life easier for people who book tickets
online.
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