Su J: E-ticketing

Published by Sujay on Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 6:55 PM

I successfully booked a train-ticket from Blore to Cbe (kurla exp 1013) thru the recently introduced e-ticket.

where the ticket is jus a PRINTOUT OF THE APPLICATION FORM

Now the facility is in all major trains..

the procedure is simple

1. login to irctc.co.in (if u dont have an a/c.. create one)

2. Fill up the details as u do in reservation counter (select e-ticket and not i-ticket)

3. U need to provide a foto-id as proof while travelling so give the details of the SAME in the application

can be ur licence, PAN,voter id etc

4. For payment u have a lot of options like VISA/MASTER/DINERS CLUB credit card or payment thru major banks (ICICI, HSBC etc)

5. Once u have done the payment successfully , it gives the details of the berth(coach and seat no.) n also the PNR no. of the ticket

6. Jus take the print out of the form along with foto-id n travel in train

7. The whole service costs 25 bucks + ticket charges.

8. Can be done only if the berths are available
9. Cancellation of e-ticket is done by the same means (n not at any reservation counter)

I tried thru credit card payment but it failed initially.. then I tried thru Bank payment..

Once u click the 'make a payment' tab..it goes to ur e-banking facility (ICICIBANK.COM, in my case)

..where it makes ur payment after u enter ur transaction password.

Found it safe n effortless.. u dont have to find time to goto the reservation counter ..all jus for 25 bucks (for a ticket n not per head)

Happy e-ticket travel !

Su J