Our world is advancing rapidly and so does India. Of course, its lifeline happens to be the Indian Railways. The evolving internet technology has enabled us to do everything at our comfort level with the help of few clicks. Few clicks you order your grocery, few clicks you order food, few clicks and here is your laundry service. No need to stand in long queues waiting to pay your bills, everything is simple and all these things have been simplified by internet. When one can do all the things from the comfort of your home then why not booking our train tickets online, this has been in trend for many years now. To book a ticket, you must go to a railway station early so that you could get a reserved seat but the time has changed and the travelers can book a seat for themselves through Indian Railways reservation online.
Various initiatives by Indian railways have given us the power to book, check status and order food through its official web portal and also from the companies associated with the Indian Railways.
A lot of credit goes to Indian Railways for bringing India closer by providing a better connectivity and in a revolutionary decision, which changed the whole scenario of railway ticket booking in India. The Indian Railways launched Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, famously known by common people as IRCTC. IRCTC has become the landmark when it comes to booking the railway tickets online. You just have to follow these simple steps mentioned here:
- All you have to do is to go to the official website of IRCTC and login with your user name and password. If not registered, register there by providing your valid details.
- After you are logged in, you will see a box on left hand side with ‘plan my journey’ option. Fill in the details like from which station you’ll make the reservation and up to which station you’ll travel, your journey date etc. Fill this according to your itinerary and then click ‘Submit’.
- After you submit, you’ll get the list of trains running between your boarding station and destination station alongside with the class. If you intend to book your ticket in tatkal quota, then choose tatkal from the options given above.
- All you have to do is click on the desired class of travel if it is second AC, then choose 2A, if it is Sleeper then choose SL and so on. Once you’ll choose your desired class of travel, you’ll get the availability of seats and fare of ticket above it. If seat is available, then choose the option ‘Book Now’. In case seats are not available in your chosen class, you can choose other class or the same class in other trains shown in the list.
- ‘Book Now’ option will redirect you to a new page where you’ll have to fill the passenger details such as Name, Gender, Age, preferred seat, etc.
- Fill the details, click on ‘Next’ and then you’ll be taken to the payment page. Choose the payment option you intend to pay with for example Debit/credit card, net banking. Pay the ticket amount and you’ll get your ticket on email and a text from IRCTC with ticket details on the Phone number you provided during checkout.
Hurray! Relax and chill, your ticket is done and your seat is reserved as simply as one watches TV.