Now book your Indian Rail Tickets - ANYWHERE ANYTIME through your Mobile Phones. Wanna try?

Now book your Indian Rail Tickets - ANYWHERE ANYTIME through your Mobile Phones.

Wanna try?

IRCTC has taken another step to popularize Electronic Tickets. Currently, 50% of Long distance tickets are in the electronic mode. With the new feature of booking railway tickets through Mobile Phones, the share of electronic tickets is bound to go up.

The best part of this feature, is that there is no need for the consumer to download any App to their mobile phone. They can directly log into the mobile website with the same password and ID, as used for internet rail tickets booking.

IRCTC brings to you the mobile website https://www.irctc.co.in/mobile with just a few clicks you can book your tickets using your Mobile Phones.

IRCTC mobile website is convenient and easy to use, can be accessed from any browser enabled mobile having basic GPRS activated on phone.

The following features are available:

Book Ticket/ Enquiry- Book tickets by providing source and destination.

Booked History- Tickets whose Date of Journey is due will be visible.

Cancel Ticket- Cancel any of the tickets whose date of journey is due.

Browse the URL using your mobile and book tickets using any of your credit/debit card for payment.

Help for booking

1. Login to URL with your existing IRCTC user id and password.

2. Fill in details for plan my travel.

3. Select the train and continue the booking.

4. Use existing passenger list on add passengers.

5. Confirm booking details and pay through Credit/debit card to get successful booking.

6. Receive a SMS and an email from IRCTC with the complete travel details.

7. Receive a SMS from your Bank/Credit Card Issuing Bank for the amount debited from your Credit/Debit Card.

Reference : Railway Board Letter No.2008/TG-I/10/P/SMS dated 20.07.2011

              Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) - The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars, and instructions for use which can be used by the passenger along with the relevant authorized Identification, as travel authority for performing the journey.

           

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         Virtual Reservation Message (VRM) - A screen-shot of the e-ticket displayed through laptops/palmtops/ Mobile phone is referred as Virtual Reservation Message (VRM).

                 ERS/VRM along with any one of the nine prescribed ID proofs in original and the indication of the passenger(s)' name(s) in the Reservation Chart will authorize the passenger to travel.

               VRM combined with valid photo-id in original will be treated as an instrument on par with the ERS. 

                ERS/VRM along with one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity in original will also authorize the passenger to enter the platform on the day of journey and he/she will not be required to purchase platform ticket. ERS/VRM along with original id proof will be required to be produced on demand of Ticket Checking Staff on the platform.