Saturday, January 1, 2011

How to book Indian rail tickets online ?

Indian Railways, the largest railway netowork in the world, now offers online reservation facility to its customers right from their desktop. Here is explained  how to book a railway ticket right from your home or office ?
  •  In your browser open the Indian Railway's online booking site http://www.irctc.co.in/. And register yourself over it. Registration process is very simple and requires only a valid e-mail address. Follow the instruction and you will get registered.
  • After getting registered, you will receive a password in you inbox. Use your username and password to login to the site.
  • Once you logged on, you can see tabs like plan your travel, book tickets, your booking history etc.
  • If you want to book a ticket, in the 'Plan your Trave' tab, just enter From / Source station, To / Destination station, date of travel and preferred class(Sleeper, 1ST AC etc.) and cick over 'Find Trais Button'. as shown below.

  


  • On the basis of the information you filled, a list of Trains covering your journey stations will be displayed and availability of seats also displayed. You can see 'Book' button against every class's availability position. Click on 'Book' button to make a booking.
  • You have to fill a form detailing names, age, sex and birth preference details of every passenger.



  • After filling the form, click on 'Go' button and the  'Payment Gateway' screen appears. Choose the payment option and you will be directed to your bank's site where you have to confim the payment. Once you confirm the payment, your ticket gets booked and you can take a print-out.  You are done.


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