You can Travel in Train without IRCTC e-Ticket PrintOut

Travel with IRCTC Electronic e-Ticket instead of IRCTC e-Ticket Print Out

Good news for rail passengers, IRCTC along with Indian Railways has taken much needed step for its customers. Now, rail passengers can travel in trains without carrying printouts of e-tickets booked online through IRCTC. Earlier, passengers traveling without IRCTC e-ticket printout were to pay a fine of Rs 50 per ticket. So after booking tickets online through IRCTC, rail passengers were forced to take a printout of e-ticket on a A4 size page to avoid such unwanted fine by the ticket examiners in the train while traveling.

What to do to Travel Without E-Ticket Printout

Well, you also dont want to take printout of e-Ticket. For this you can travel with just a soft copy of IRCTC e-ticket. The soft copy can be:

• SMS by IRCTC | Railways- The ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC | Railways after you complete the online ticket booking process will also serve as E Ticket. You can travel by showing that SMS message of the e-ticket on your mobile phone. But ensure it that the SMS contains all the vital details of the rail-ticket like PNR, Date of Journey, Train Number, class, name & number of rail passengers, coach number & Seat Number and amount of fare paid. One illustrated example of the SMS is
  PNR: 4231009529 Train: 16723, DOJ: 15/07/2011, 3AC, NDLS to BCT, Hari Krishna +3, S1 10-13, Fare Rs 10,000, SC Rs 10 (+PG charges as applicable)
• Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS)- The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars, and instructions for use which can be used by the passenger along with the relevant authorized Identification, as travel authority for performing the journey.
• Virtual Reservation Message (VRM)- A screen-shot of the e-ticket displayed through laptops/palmtops/ Mobile phone is referred as Virtual Reservation Message (VRM).
• Mobile Reservation Message (MRM)- A screen-shot of the e-ticket on mobile phones for tickets booked through mobile phones.

SMS | ERS | VRM | MRM sent by IRCTC | Railways along with one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity in original will also authorize the passenger to enter the platform on the day of journey and he/she will not be required to purchase platform ticket. SMS | ERS | VRM | MRM sent by IRCTC | Railways along with original id proof will be required also to be produced on demand of Ticket Checking Staff on the platform.

50 Lakh A4 size papers could be saved every year by taking this revolutionary step as said by Indian Railways. Really this is a environment-friendly and bold step towards a greener world. So people should now stop taking print-outs of the e-Tickets for making journey in trains.

By now, you have clearly known it that “E - Ticket Print Out is Not Required” while traveling in trains. So, next time when you book any ticket through IRCTC website avoid taking the prints of your ticket instead remember to carry the E-Ticket in the electronic modes on your devices like Mobile, SmartPhone, Laptop, IPad etc.
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Get IRCTC SMS again if IRCTC ticket booking SMS failed

IRCTC ticket booking SMS is still undelivered to your mobile! So you want to makeIRCTC SMS resent by IRCTC. All right! Know it how to get IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS again if somehow SMS sent by IRCTC is not received to mobile.

What is IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS

After booking online rail ticket from IRCTC website, an IRCTC user gets ticket confirmation SMS from IRCTC. The SMS so sent to mobile number of IRCTC user contains important passenger information such as PNR, train number, date of journey, class type info, source & destination station codes, passenger name, coach number, seat number, fare amount, surcharge amount, etc. Due to IRCTC’s “go green” initiative, these days, IRCTC Ticket SMS may be used as e-ticket while traveling in train. So rail passengers also dont want to take a printout of IRCTC e-ticket instead they want to receive IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS in their mobile phone so that they can show that SMS whenever ticket checking staff in train asks them for the ticket.

Why Resending of IRCTC SMS is Needed

Since IRCTC SMS may also be treated as a replacement of PrintOut of e-Ticket. So people who booked IRCTC e-Ticket require confirmation message to retain in their mobiles. For various reasons resending of IRCTC SMS is needed, few of them are:-

• Due to mobile network problem, at times, IRCTC SMS is not delivered to the users mobile after the ticket booking process is completed.
• Since rail traveler can travel in train without e-ticket print out so resending of IRCTC SMS is necessary if the previous sent ticket confirmation SMS by IRCTC is lost any way.
• Ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC may be, sometimes, undelivered for some technical reasons also.
• It is also possible that IRCTC users receive the ticket confirmation message after completion of e-ticket booking process by IRCTC butSMS got deleted accidentally or otherwise.
• Some users want to get IRCTC SMS resent for checking if SMS resending facility is working correctly.

Besides above, there may be some other reasons also for getting IRCTC SMS again.

How to Get IRCTC SMS Again

IRCTC online user, who wants to get IRCTC SMS again for any e-ticket booked, have to follow these easy steps:

• Log in to your IRCTC online account.
• Click on plus (+) of “My Transaction” link from the left tab. For this, you will be prompted to enter your IRCTC password once again.
• Now, click on “Booked History” link.
• You will see that the recently booked tickets details are displayed in the right tab.
• Now, select your particular ticket for which you want to get “IRCTC confirmation SMS again”.
• Finally click on “Get SMS” button (situated in the most left).
• You are done now; you will soon get the IRCTC confirmation SMSagain to your mobile number.

This way an IRCTC user can easily gets IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS once more.

By now you have known how to get ticket re-SMS from IRCTC. Hence, you don’t have to worry if the ticket confirmation SMS is undelivered at the time of e-ticket booking or somehow IRCTC SMS is mistakenly deleted from your cell-phone. You can re-receive IRCTC SMS to your mobile using the easy steps described above tore-get SMS from IRCTC.

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Special Trains during Ganpati Festival

Central Railway has decided to run 66 Reserved Special Trains and 54 Unreserved Special Trains during the ensuing Ganpati Festival to clear the extra rush of Passengers. The details are as under –

 A)    RESERVED SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN CST MUMBAI – MADGAON (except Thursday) (32 Services)

 01033   Special will leave CST Mumbai at 00.20 hrs for Six days (except Thursday) from 4.9.2013 to 22.9.2013 (16 trips) and will reach Madgaon at 14.10 hrs same day.

 01034   Special will leave Madgaon at 14.40 hrs daily (Except Thursday) from 4.9.2013 to 22.9.2013 (16 trips) and will arrive CST Mumbai at 04.30 hrs next day.

 Halts:      Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adawali, Vilawade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road, Madure, Pernem, Thivim and Karmali.

 Composition:      One A/C 2-tier, Two A/C 3-tier, 9 Sleeper class, 2 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans

B)   AIR-CONDITIONED SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS – MADGAON (6 Trips on Thursday only)

 01045   AC Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 00.55 hrs (every Thursday) on 05.09.2013, 12.09.2013 & 19.09.2013 (3 trips) and will reach Madgaon at 14.10 hrs next day.

 01046  AC Special will leave Madgaon at 14.40 hrs (every Thursday) o­n 05.09.2013, 12.09.2013 & 19.09.2013 (3 trips) and will reach Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 4.10 hrs next day.

 Halts:  Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Khed, Chiplun, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Rajapur Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road, Madure, Pernem, Thivim and Karmali.

Composition:      One First AC, Three A/C 2-tier, 8 A/C 3-tier, 1 Pantry Car and 2 Generator cum Guard’s Brake Vans

C)    RESERVED  SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN  LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS – PERNEM (Goa) (Bi-Weekly) (12 SERVICES)

01039 Bi-weekly Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus  at 13.00 hrs on every Sunday & Wednesday from 04.09.2013 to 22.09.2013 (6 Trips) and will reach Pernem at 01.30 hrs next day.

01040 Bi-weekly Special will leave Pernem  at 10.40 hrs on every Monday & Thursday from 05.09.2013 to 23.09.2013 (6 Trips) and will reach LTT at 22.15 hrs same day.

Halts: Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adawali, Vilawade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road and Madure.

Composition:      One A/C 2-tier, Two A/C 3-tier, 9 Sleeper class, 3 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans.

D)    RESERVED  SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN CST MUMBAI – PERNEM (Bi-Weekly) (Goa) (10 SERVICES)

01041 Bi-weekly Special will leave CST Mumbai  at 12.25 hrs on every Tuesday & Saturday on 07th , 10th , 14th , 17th , 21st September 2013 (5 Trips) and will reach Pernem at 01.30 hrs next day.

01042   Bi-weekly Special will leave Pernem  at 10.40 hrs on every Wednesday & Sunday  on 8th, 11th, 15th, 18th and 22nd September 2013 (5 Trips) and will reach CST Mumbai at 22.20 hrs same day.

Halts: Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adawali, Vilawade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road and Madure.

Composition:      One First AC  cum AC 2 Tier,  one A/C 2-tier, Two A/C 3-tier, 12 Sleeper class, 5 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans

E)    RESERVED  WEEKLY SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN  LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS – PERNEM (6 SERVICES)

01043  Weekly Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus  at 13.00 hrs on every Friday 6th, 13th and 20th September 2013  (3 Trips) and will reach Pernem at 01.30 hrs next day.

01044   Bi-weekly Special will leave Pernem  at 10.40 hrs on every Saturday 7th, 14th, 21st September 2013 (3 Trips) and will reach LTT at 22.15 hrs same day.

Halts: Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adawali, Vilawade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road and Madure.

Composition:      One A/C 2-tier, one A/C 3-tier, 7 Sleeper class, 6 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s Brake Vans.

F)    UNRESERVED DAILY SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN LOKMANYA TILAK TERMINUS  – RATNAGIRI (38 Services)

01037  Unreserved Special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 01.00 hrs (Daily) from 4.9.2013 to 22.9.2013 (19 trips) and will reach Ratnagiri at 09.05 hrs same day.

01038 Unreserved  Daily Special will leave Ratnagiri at 11.30 hrs from 4.9.2013 to 22.9.2013 (19 trips) and will arrive CST Mumbai at 19.20 hrs Same day.

Halts:      Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road and Sangameshwar.

Composition:      10 Unreserved Second Seating, 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s brake Vans.

G)    UNRESERVED SPECIAL TRAINS BETWEEN DADAR  – SAWANTWADI (TRI-WEEKLY) (16 Services)

01003 Unreserved Tri-Weekly Special will leave Dadar at 07.50 hrs (Sunday, Tuesday and Friday) from 6.9.2013 to 22.9.2013 (8 trips) and will reach Sawantwadi at 20.30 hrs same day.

01004 Unreserved Tri-weekly Special  will leave Sawantwadi at 04.50 hrs (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) from 7.9.2013 to 23.9.2013 (8 trips) and will arrive Dadar at 16.10 hrs same day.

Halts:  Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilawade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavli, Sindhudurg, Kudal and Zarap

Composition:      7 Unreserved Second Class Seating, 4 General Second Class and 2 General Second Class cum Guard’s brake Vans

Reservation: Booking for all Reserved Special Trains will be opened from 31.07.2013

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INTRODUCTION OF NEW DAILY INTERCITY EXPRESS

For the convenience of the rail passengers, Northern Railway has decided to introduce the new Daily Intercity Express Train No. 14625/14626 Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Firozpur Cantt.- Delhi Sarai Rohilla from 09.08.2013 from both the sides as per the undermentioned programme:

        The 14625 Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Firozpur Cantt.- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Daily Intercity Express Train will depart from Delhi Sarai Rohilla at 06.45 a.m. to reach Firozpur Cantt. at 02.45 p.m. the same day. In the return direction, the 14625/14626 Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Firozpur Cantt.- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Daily Intercity Express Train will depart from Firozpur Cantt. at 04.30 a.m. to reach Delhi Sarai Rohilla at 11.40 a.m. the same day.

Comprising of o­ne A.C. 2 Tier, o­ne A.C. 3 Tier, Five Sleeper Class, Six General Class and Two Disabled Friendly Second Class cum Luggage Van coaches, the 14625/14626 Delhi Sarai Rohilla- Firozpur Cantt.- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Daily Intercity Express Train will stop at Shakurbasti, Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, Jind, Narwana, Tohana, Jakhal, Mansa, Maur, Bhatinda, Kotkapura & Faridkot stations enroute in both the directions.

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Special Train between Secunderabad and Kakinada Town

In order to clear extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway will run one Special Trains between Secunderabad and Kakinada Town and another Special Train between Kakinada Town and Lingampalli as per the following schedule:-

1)Secunderabad and Kakinada Town Special Train (one service):-

Train No.07202 Secunderabad - Kakinada Town Special Train will depart Secunderabad at 22 00 hrs on 11th August (Sunday), 2013    and arrive Kakinada Town    at 10 30 hrs on the next day.

Enroute, this special train will stop at Malkajgiri, Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Nadikudi, Guntur, Vijayawada, Eluru, Tadepalligudem, Rajahmundry and Samalkot stations.

The train will have sixteen coaches, viz., one AC II Tier, one AC III Tier, eight Sleeper Class, four general Second Class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches.



2)Kakinada Town and Lingampalli Special Train (one service):-

Train No. 07102 Kakinada Town-Lingampalli Special Train will depart Kakinada Town at 22 45 hrs  on 11th August 2013 (Sunday) and arrive  Lingampalli at 11 05 hrs o­ the next day.

Enroute, this special train will stop at Samalkot, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nadikudi, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda, Malkajgiri, Secunderabad and Begumpet stations.

The train will have sixteen coaches viz., one AC II Tier, one AC III Tier, eight Sleeper Class, four general Second Class and two Second Class Luggage Cum Brake Van Coaches.

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Special Trains by Southern Railways

Southern Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers.



1)Chennai Central – Nagercoil Super fast Garib Rath Special & Nagercoil – Chennai Central Garib Rath Special: T.No.06001 Chennai Central – Nagercoil Superfast Garib Rath Special will leave Chennai Central at 21.00 hrs. on 14.8.2013 and arrive Nagercoil at 11.00 hrs. the next day.T.No.06002 Nagercoil – Chennai Central Garib Rath Special will leave Nagercoil at 16.30 hrs. on 15.8.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 08.30 hrs. the next day.The composition of the trains will be 14 AC 3-tier coaches. The trains will stop at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Rasipuram, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudunagar, Sattur, Kovilpatti, Vanchi Maniyachchi, Tirunelveli and Valliyur. T.No.06002 will stop at Perambur also.



2)Nagercoil - Chennai Central - Nagercoil Specials: T.No.06348 Nagercoil - Chennai Central Special will leave Nagercoil at 16.30 hrs. on 18.8.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 08.30 hrs. the next day. T.No.06347 Chennai Central - Nagercoil Special will leave Chennai Central at 11.15 hrs. on 19.8.2013 arrive Nagercoil at 03.15 hrs. the next day. The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 2 AC 3-tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 3 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop at Valliyur, Tirunelveli, Vanchi Maniyachchi, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Salem, Jolarpettai, Vaniyambadi, Gudiyattam, Katpadi and Arakkonam. T.No.06348 will stop at Perambur also.



3)Tirunelveli – Yesvantpur – Tirunelveli Specials: T.No.06746 Tirunelveli -Yesvantpur Special will leave Tirunelveli at 18.20 hrs. on 18.8.2013 and arrive Yesvantpur at 08.00 hrs. the next day. T.No.06745 Yesvantpur – Tirunelveli Special will leave Yesvantpur at 17.00 hrs. on 19.8.2013 and arrive Tirunelveli at 06.00 hrs. the next day. The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop at Vanchi Maniyachchi, Kovilpatti, Sattur, Virudunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Rasipuram, Salem, Dharmapuri, Hosur and Banaswadi.

Advance reservation for the above trains will commence on 14.8.2013.

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