Pay using MobiKwik for Tatkal Ticket on IRCTC

mobile wallet service MobiKwik has started payment with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to launch e-cash payments for Tatkal bookings. According to MobiKwik, IRCTC customers can book Tatkal train tickets within two seconds using its service.Now IRCTC user can pay using  virtual wallet. earlier mobile wallet for Tatkal ticket was not allowed.Using this facilitu no dobut this will be faster and easier.

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Major Changes in Indian Railways rules from 1 July 2016

Major changes in Indian Railways rules

1) From July 1, passengers will get refund amount of 50 percent on cancellation of tatkal tickets.

2)  From July 1, tatkal window for AC coach will be open between 10 am and 11 am while for sleeper coach it will be open from 11 am to 12 pm.

3) No Waiting list ticket  will be issued from IRCTC. Suvidha trains will run if there is waiting list. Tickets shall be issued only for confirmed and RAC passengers in suvidha Trains. There shall be no provision for waiting list in the train.There will be provision of 50% refund on ticket cancellation in Suvidah Trains

4) The number of coaches on Rajdhani and Shatabdi will be increased.

5) Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains will have paperless tickets from July 1. Mobile tickets will be valid on these trains.

6) Railways will also start ticket printing in Regional Langauge

7) Premium trains will come to an end.

8) For Suvidha Trains 50% refund of fare subject to minimum flat cancellation charge of Rs. 200/- for AC-II tier/first class, Rs. 180/- for AC-III tier/3 Economy/ air conditioned chair car and Rs. 120/- for sleeper class will be granted for confirmed/RAC tickets upto 6 hours before the scheduled departure of the train or preparation of the chart whichever is earlier. No Refund of fare after that will
be granted. Such refund will be granted by filing TDR. 

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No service charge on using Credit /Debit card forTicket booking at PRS counter

From 1 June 2016 there will not be charged extra for using credit or debit card for booking train ticket at the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters as the Indian Railways Earlier to book the ticket using Credit /Debit card passenger has to  with Rs 30 service charge.at PRS counter

However, the service charge for booking tickets online through IRCTC website will remain unaffected.

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Easy Ticket Cancellation Method using 139

From Today  railway passengers can cancel their confirmed train tickets( Paper Ticket/i-ticket) by just dialing 139.
The passenger has to dial 139 for cancelling it with relvant PNR number and the sender will get a one-time password (OTP). Passenger has to reach the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counter and reveal the OTP to claim refund.There is another option also that is  using IRCTC website
 and both the facilities were made operational from today.This will provide relief to passengers for
cancellation of tickets.

This  initiatives were promised in the Railway Budget 2016-17 which were fulfilled today.
After the change in refund rules, a lot of passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money.
Railways has to changed the software accordingly for the cancellation through IRCTC website and 139.

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Change in Boarding Station online for e-ticket via IRCTC

If you book your ticket from  IRCTC  website i. e e-ticket there IRCTC has given  a special gift for those who come to book . Railway have given them the facility that they can change their Boarding station.Now you can go online and book tickets after that you can change your boarding the station c . Prior to this, people had to go to the ticket counter and then they have to do application for changing Boarding station , but now it will not like this. For E-ticket Passenger has to visit counter from where to start the journey had to be made ​​to change the reservation window with Photo copy of the e-ticket along with photo ID . but now you can  do it now you can change Boarding station two days prior from Date of Journey.

How do you change the station

Passenger  will have to go to  IRCTC reservation portal. Customers will have the option to change the ticket boarding. This facility will get live from February 15. If there will be any change in Fare due to station change then there will be no refund for excess fare.

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New rules for IRCTC for Ticket booking and more : From 1st Feb and 1st March

From 1st February 2016 Railway has planned to have new rule for Ticket mobbking Here are some of it major point:

1) From a single user id of IRCTC ,a Peson can book only 2 ticket between 8 to 10 AM
2) From a single user ID of IRCTC ,a person can book only 2 ticket for Tatkal between 10 AM to 12        PM
3) From a single ID,a user can booking only 6 ticket in a calendar month.
4) Agent login on IRCTC will be possible only from 8:30 AM .that is 30 minutes late from normal booking.
5) No 8  AM to 12 PM  there will be no any e-wallet payment method.

Validity of Unservered ticket will be now 3 hours

From 1st March 2016,Railways has decide to reduce the validity of ticket validity to 3 hrs from existing 24 hr. Further there will be no Return ticket will be issued upto 200Km.

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First Braille-embedded train for reserved class

The bogies of the Train no. 16229 / 16230 Mysore – Varanasi Express which leaves Mysore for Varanasi on Tuesdays and Thursdays, has been provided with metallic Braille signages inside the coaches indicating the location of alarm pull chains, toilets, emergency windows and berth numbers for the convince of the Blind peoples.
Railways has  plan to implement this feature for other long distance trains.
Currently lots of Blind peoples can’t able to find their reservation seats properly and their needy places available on the train. Also by implementing blind friendly board for the Emergency Exit plan to guide the Blind persons for the correct location of the Emergency window when there is any emergency occur. It has been observered that in the  trains normal peoples are only guide for VH people but with implementation of this feature it will surely help VH persons

The first Braille embedded train was  Puri-Delhi Purushottam Express,which introduced this feature in its AC compartment only but now, the Mysore-Varanasi Express will be the first in the country where all reserved coaches have embedded Braille signage

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Enjoy Free Wi-Fi service at Mumbai Central Railway Station

Free high-speed public Wi-Fi service is now live at Mumbai Central station.this service is implement by RailTel and Google’s . Google CEO Sundar Pichai had announced that Mumbai Central will be the first station to get Wi-Fi under the scheme during his India visit in December Mumbai Centeral became first railway station in India to have WiFi service by Google

Google plans to roll out the service to 100 railway stations in India by end of 2016 and expects a potential 10 million users for the free Wi-Fi service.
To use the service, customers will have to select the RailWire Wi-Fi on the platform, and then open the railwire.co.in page, where a log-in screen will appear. Customers will have to enter their mobile number and they will get a 4 digit OTP via SMS, which they will have to enter on the page to get access.

 Google has partnered with RailTel to make the project a reality. This is because RailTel owns the Pan-India optic fiber network exclusively on railway tracks and has laid out over 45,000 kms of optic fibre networks across the country.
Google Free Wi-Fi, Google Free Wifi, Google Wifi at Mumbai Central, Google Wifi at railway station, Google Wi-Fi railway station, Google, Google India free public Wi-Fi, Public WiFi Google, technology, technology news Customers need to put in a 4 digit OTP to access the service.
Google will be utilising this network for its Wi-Fi. While RailTel is the ISP, Google will be providing the Wireless Area Networks (WAN). The free Wi-Fi will only work at the platforms and is not meant for the trains.
At the end of 2016, Google will evaluate the project to see how it will expand the free Wi-Fi scheme further. On the revenue model, Google stated that this will be self-sustainable and it will start exploring with different revenue models later on. For now, the focus will be on getting the project up and running.
 Allahabad, Patna, Jaipur and Ranchi are next on the list for the free WiFi. The company had earlier indicated that testing was currently on in other railway stations in India as well.

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Tatkal Charge Revised from 24 Dec 2015

From 24 Dec 2015 railways ministry has revived the tatkal charge. Here is charges mention below

Class of Travel	Minimum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.)	Maximum Tatkal Charges  (in Rs.)	Minimum Distance for charge(in Km)
Reserve Second sitting (2S)	10.00	15.00	100
Sleeper	100.00	200.00	500
AC Chair Car	125.00	225.00	250
AC 3 Tier	300.00	400.00	500
AC 2 Tier	400.00	500.00	500
Executive	400.00	500.00	250

• The above charges will be levied uniformly both in peak period & non-peak periods.
• Tatkal tickets will be issued for actual distance of travel, instead of end-to-end, subject to the distance restriction applicable to the train. The same Tatkal berth/seat may be booked in multiple legs till preparation of charts. At the time of preparation of charts, unutilized portion may be released to the General RAC/Waiting list passengers.
• Tatkal facility is also available in Executive Class of Shatabadi Express trains also, by earmarking 10% of the accommodation available i.e. 5 seats per coach.
• Tatkal booking opens at 10 AM for AC Classes and 11 AM for NON-AC Classes on One days in advance  actual date of journey excluding date of journey w.e.f. of 15.06.2015 e.g. for train leaving on 6^th, Tatkal Booking will Commence at 10 AM for AC Classes on 5^th and at 11 AM for NON-AC Classes on 5^th.
• No duplicate Tatkal tickets shall be issued. Duplicate Tatkal tickets shall be issued only in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal charges.
• Tatkal tickets shall be issued only on production of one of the ten prescribed proofs of identity shown under

1.Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commision of India.

2.Passport

3.PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.

4.Driving Licence issued by RTO.

5.Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government.

6.Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.

7.Nationalized Bank Passbok with photograph.

8.Credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph.

9.Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar".

10.Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertaking of State/Central Government, District Administration, Municipal bodies and Penchant Administration.

a. For this purpose, a self attested photo copy of the proof of identity of anyone passenger shall be attached to the requisition slip.

b. The details of the identity proof shall be captured by the system and indicated on the reserved tickets as well on the reservation chart.

c. It will not be mandatory for the passenger(s) to go to the counter to book the Tatkal ticket, however, the proof will have to be sent in the aforementioned manner.

d. During the journey, the passenger, whose identity card number has been indicated on the ticket, will have to produce original proof of identity indicated on the ticket, failing which all the passengers booked on the ticket shall be treated as traveling without ticket and charged accordingly. Indication will come on the ticket regarding carrying the same original proof of identity during the journey, as indicated on the ticket.

e. If the passenger whose identity card number is indicated on the ticket is not traveling, all other passengers booked on that ticket, if found
traveling in train, will be treated as traveling without ticket and charged accordingly.

• Agents / RTSAs/Web service agents/Web agents of IRCTC are restricted from the booking Tatkal tickets between 1000 hours and 1200 hours. This restriction shall be enforced through frequent inspection at the counters. The agents both web service agents and web agents shall also be restricted from booking Tatkal tickets on the internet between 1000 hours and 1200 hours.
• Even for internet booking for Tatkal tickets, the passenger shall enter the identity proof type and number, which is to be used for travel. These details shall be printed on the ERS/indicated on the VRM/MRM as well as in the reservation chart.
• It will be possible to book a maximum of only four passengers per PNR forTatkal tickets.
• The web services agents of IRCTC will be permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day on the internet.
• The facility of change of name is not permitted on the bookings made under Tatkal scheme
• TDRs are not being issued for waiting list tickets.

REFUNDS   - No refund will be granted on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets/duplicate tatkal ticket except in case of circumstances mentioned in para 2 of instructions contained in However, full refund of fare and tatkal charges will be granted on the tickets booked under Tatkal scheme in the following circumstances :-

• If the train is delayed by more than 3 hours at the journey originating point of the passenger & not the boarding point if the passenger's journey originating point and boarding point are different.
• If the train is to run on a diverted route and passenger is not willing to travel.
• If the train is to run on diverted route and boarding station or the destination or both the stations are not on the diverted route.
• In case of non attachment of coach in which Tatkal accommodation has been earmarked and the passenger has not been provided  accommodation in the same class.

If the party has been accommodated in lower class and does not want to travel. In case the party travels in lower class, the passenger will be given refund of difference of fare and also the difference of Tatkal charges, if any

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