Monday, June 13, 2011

IRCTC - Railway Booking Made Easy

IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is a government of India enterprise which manages online ticketing, tourism and catering operations of Indian Railways. This division has changed the face of ticketing in India with the introduction of e-ticketing. Whether it’s about online railway booking, canceling the ticket or modifying it or even checking the PNR status, IRCTC official website is the platform. Here you can also come across holiday packages, list of hotels with their star rating, flight details, etc.

Indian Railways form the 4th largest rail network in the world carrying about 25 million passengers daily. The organization was founded in 1857; today it has grown into 17 zones. Divided into four gauges, divisions of the track sections rating for speed vary from 75 to 160 km/hr. Indian Railways form an exorbitant network whereby there are 10 subdivisions of the classes’ viz., 1A, 2A, 3E, EC, 2S, and more.

Railway booking is now a child’s play online! You can get it done at the IRCTC website or travel portals like Zoomtra.com. Today, you can get railway booking done while on the move from mobile via GPRS or SMS. So, plan out a beautiful vacation hassle-free with the advanced Indian railway network.

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