How to Book E-ticket through IRCTC website

Indian Railways offers E-ticket reservation facility for passengers through its website IRCTC www.irctc.co.in. You can book train ticket by registering on www.irctc.co.in website and following the below guidelines.



E-Ticket booking through IRCTC

 Step 1st


  • Register as an individual. Registration is FREE.
  • Login by entering your user name and password.
  • The "Plan my travel" page appears.
  • If the From/To station selected by you are correct in the route of the train then :
  • Select e-Ticket option.
  • Select the type of Quota



Step 2nd



  • To find train list, click on "Find Trains" option.
  • The List of Trains show the number of trains available for that route.
  • If you wish to know the route and the timings, click on the train name under the "List of Trains" option.
  • To get the fare, click on class available in the selected train under "List of Trains". It will show fare according to type of class selected. The fare appearing is for a single adult Passenger excluding the service charges charged by IRCTC and by the Bank(Credit Card/Direct Debit). 
  • To select the train from the train list, click on the type of class available in the selected train.
  • If you will click on the class in the train list then it will show the train details with availability.
  • To book tickets, click on "Book" button under availability option.
  • If you wish to select other train, click on "RESET" button.


Step 3rd 
  • Ticket reservation page appears; check whether the train name and the station names displayed on the top of the page are same as desired by you. 
  • Enter the names of the Passengers, age, sex and berth preference for each Passenger. The maximum length of names should be restricted to 15 characters. If the Passenger is a senior citizen (60 years and above for male and 58 years and above for female) and wants to avail Senior Citizens' concession (40% of Base fare for male and 50% of base fare for female), click the box provided. Senior citizens are requested to carry some proof of age in original during their journey. A sample form is reproduced below. (The allotment of your required berth depends on the availability).

Step 4th

The ticket details, availability of tickets at the particular time and the fare, including the service charge, appear on the screen, along with the payment option Follow the instructions.


Step 5th

Click on the button "Make Payment" and a pop-up window will give the list of payment options. Please choose one of the mode of payment. Please click on the payment option below for help regarding the payment procedure through each of these options.
 

 
  • After successful payment and booking of accommodations, the User is shown the ticket confirmation details along with a “Print Reservation Slip” Button. On clicking the button ERS is shown with an option to print. 
  • The customer can subsequently also print Electronic Reservation Slip from the 'BOOKED TICKETS' link on the left navigation bar.
  • If you require to book return ticket, click "BOOK RETURN TICKET" and you will be taken again to "Plan my Travel" page with the from and to station swapped.
   
 
 
CANCELLATION OF e-TICKET - A GUIDE

  • If user wishes to cancel his e-ticket from 'BOOKED TICKETS' link on the left navigation bar, select the ticket to be cancelled and click on 'Cancel e-ticket' and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled.
  •  User has to select only those passangers who are to be cancelled in case of partial cancellation of ticket. in case of partial cancellation the passanger should get a fresh printout of the ERS for the passengers continuing their journey.
   
 
  • If the ticket is partially cancelled, a fresh Electronic Reservation Slip needs to be carried by the Passenger

   
 

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