IRCTC News & Updates

[amish]

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf

Read full budget here.. 47 pages PDF file.

Page number 13, point no. 53 v)
v. A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly. Booking of tickets through this portal would be cheaper with a charge of only ` 10 for AC classes and ` 5 for others;

 

[Sushubh]

wow. a pdf file which is not a scanned document! jai ho.

 

[moindear]

So finally! It was long due.Had heard sometime back that it will create another site parallel to irctc or that irctc agreement has lapsed.Anyways good days ahead...

 

[amish]

yep.. i was impressed when i realised that i can copy-paste! saved my 3-4 mins of typing.

 

[Deleted member 7160]

Seems like the Quick Book & Cash Card have been barred while in Tatkal ticketing.

 

[amish]

Is it?? I havent tried since I started this thread. If its true then fraudsters have found a new way to harass general public.

 

[Topweb]

Why they charge extra money for online booking and why is website for booking available only during working hours like good for nothing sarkari babu? Make the damn thing 24x7x365.

 

[Deleted member 14251]

Only 2 hrs or something like that you can't book! Sent from my Desire HD

 

[amish]

2hrs downtime is ok.. because may be they need to clean up database and all...its such a huge database...so might need maintenance everyday.

 

[tech_enthu]

Some years back, web booking opened at 4 am (or 6 am , I am not sure), but counter booking started at 8 am. So, people waiting in the Q in stations got wait listed tickets often. Hence online booking hours are synchronised to counte booking - 8 am to 8 pm.Only when there is a balance is supply-demand; 24 hour booking will make sense.