Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Indian Railway Seat Availability

In India, Rail Travel is the most used human transportation system. On many instance it is the only way possible to get to one place from another. Hence the system is subjected to huge pressures especially in providing reserved accommodation to all the travelers.

But the Great Indian Railway is constantly upgrading its services. IRCTC a subsidiary company was set up to facilitate online booking and provide all train travel related information on its website. This has relieved ticket purchasers from standing in long queue. The website also provides information on luxury and budget train travel packages for holidays and pilgrimages.

Indian railway provides for online booking through IRCTC website where online status check facility is also provided. You can also for inquire of seat availability on this website.

IRCTC has provided a link on its site (http://www.indianrail.gov.in) on which you can get informed about the seats available in specific trains. You can check seat availability of normal as well as Taatkal tickets pertaining to  next 7 days. In that site you are provided with seat availability chart. By comparing the data you can take decision in which train and at what time you want to travel.

By visiting www.irctc.co.in  site you can inquire about seats and berth available to many destinations. Passenger has to frequently check the status if the reservation status in wait list. The search tool is provided on the site and one has to type in the PNR number. A traveler can reserve tickets for 1 AC, 2 AC , AC chair car, SL online by making electronic payments through credit card or Net Banking.

 If one keeps on checking the site, he can take advantages of cheap tour packages of IRCTC. You can get the recent information by login on IRCTC.  IRCTC also provides for RAC which means Reserve Against Cancellation. If a passenger cancels his reserved ticket it is allotted to another customer.

While using online features  you should know the train number and destination railway stations. There is a short code for railway stations in India which are required when inquiring online. By putting today’s date you can get the current information about your travel on Indian rail. In the IRCTC you can also be updated by the actual tickets booked, tickets in waiting, tickets available, and tickets under RAC.

Thus Indian Railway makes reserving tickets easy by providing up to date information about the seats available online.

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