Tag Archives: IRCTC

flybig, IRCTC enter pact for ticket booking

Newly launched airline flybig has entered into an agreement with IRCTC to facilitate travellers to book tickets for any of its northeast destinations through the latter’s Air’ platform, an official said on Friday. The pact will allow the passengers to book their travel tickets to any NE flybig destination through the IRCTC portal, which will […]

IRCTC launches 6 days Kashmir Tour package

Indian Railway’s IRCTC is launching a six-day tour package to Kashmir, which includes five nights and six days in Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonamarg, and Pahalgam. The journey will start from Mumbai. The journey from here to Srinagar is by air. The journey will start on September 25 and 26. Once you reach Srinagar, will first visit […]

Indian Railways has made a significant change in online ticket booking

Indian Railways has made a significant change in online ticket booking. The change is related to ticket cancellations. As per the new decision, Railways has announced that tickets booked through the Indian Railways website and App will be refunded immediately upon cancellation. At the time of booking the ticket, those only paid through IRCTC iPAY, […]

Tired of work from home? IRCTC offers work from hotel packages in Kerala

The Kerala government has announced a statewide lockdown as the number of covid patients in the state has increased. After this, most of the professionals started working from home. Work from home has been a major headache for some. There are also many people who are unable to travel due to workload. But Indian Railways […]

IRCTC launches OTP based refund for cancelled & wait-listed tickets

Indian Railways introduces a new OTP based refund system for tickets booked through authorized railway ticketing agents. This is aimed to bring in a transparent and customer friendly refund system for reserved e-tickets which are cancelled or which are fully waitlisted dropped tickets. This new system will be implemented by Indian Railways PSU, Indian Railway […]

Tejas Express to begin operation from Lucknow to New Delhi on Oct 4

Tejas Express connecting Lucknow and New Delhi will begin operation from October 4. The train will be flagged off by Yogi Adityanath, CM. On the inaugural day, the train would not run on its scheduled time from Lucknow. The commercial operation of the train would start the same day with the return service from New […]

IRCTC launches its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay. The new payment system is expected to help promote government’s Digital India initiative. The exclusive digital payment gateway will provide an improved online digital payment convenience and ease of doing business to passengers availing online travel related services […]

IRCTC plans affordable pod hotels for station stopovers

The Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) is all set to open pod hotels near the Mumbai Central Railway station, for which they have already sent a proposal to the Western Railways, and approval is awaited. Pod hotels/capsule hotels were first developed in Japan and had attracted the world’s attention with their compact accommodation […]

Book your flight tickets through IRCTC to get free travel insurance

Air passengers can now avail free-of-cost travel insurance of Rs 50 lakh if they book their tickets through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). This facility will be available for passengers irrespective of the class of tickets and for both domestic and international flights. The insurance will provide them financial protection against accidental death […]

Pay more for drinking water at Indian Railway stations!

If you are one of the passengers who relay on the water vending machines at the railway stations, you have to pay Rs 1 extra for a glass of water. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has also proposed to increase the prices to fill up one bottle by Rs 1. The railway […]

IRCTC approves 5 payment gateways for booking tickets

Booking of Railway reserved tickets through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) mobile app can be made using various payment modes enabled by Government or private banks through Multiple Payment Providers. Presently, there are five Multiple Payment Providers integrated on IRCTC mobile app. The Government payment gateways that are enabled for booking tickets through […]

Indian Railways launches new Deluxe Train in Buddhist Circuit

Indian Railways launched the new look Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train on Saturday, 8th December 2018. The luxury train is with a mini library, a kitchen with modern appliances and stylish bathrooms. It was revealed by a press release of the Railways. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman Railway Board flagged off the train.  The new train will be […]

Indian Railways to have a new name soon

The Indian Railways is planning to give a new name to replace its existing name Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The decision to change the name surfaces after the Railways department feel that the name it has now is not attractive and the abbreviation is not cute enough. Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal […]

ഐആര്‍സിടിസി പേരുമാറ്റുന്നു.

ഇന്ത്യൻ റെയിൽവേ കാറ്ററിങ് ആൻഡ് ടൂറിസം കോർപ്പറേഷന്റെ പേര് ആകർഷകമല്ലെന്ന നിഗമനത്തിൽ പേര് മാറ്റാൻ റെയിൽവേ നീക്കം തുടങ്ങി. ചുരുക്കപ്പേരായ ഐ.ആർ.സി.ടി.സി.ക്കും ആകര്‍ഷകത്വമില്ലന്ന കാരണംപറഞ്ഞാണ് പേര് മാറ്റാനുള്ള പ്രാരംഭപ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ തുടങ്ങിയത്. ആകർഷകമായ പേര് കണ്ടെത്താൻ റെയിൽവേ മന്ത്രി പീയുഷ് ഗോയൽ റെയിൽവേ ഉന്നതാധികാരികളോട് നിർദേശിച്ചു. ചെറുതും ആകർഷകവും സാധാരണക്കാരുടെ മനസ്സിൽ തങ്ങിനിൽക്കുന്നതുമായ പുതിയ ബ്രാൻഡ് പേര് കണ്ടെത്താനാണ് നിർദേശം. റെയിൽവേയുടെ സേവനങ്ങൾക്ക് പുതിയ പേര് നിർദേശിക്കാനാവശ്യപ്പെട്ട് ജനുവരി അവസാനം കേന്ദ്രസർക്കാരിന്റെ വെബ്സൈറ്റിൽ ഓൺലൈൻ മത്സരം നടത്തിയിരുന്നു. ജൂലായ് […]

IRCTC changes train travel insurance rules

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering you insurance coverage of up to Rs 10 lakh for financial protection against train accidents and other untoward incidents, including robbery, at a near-zero premium of 68 paise. IRCTC have been providing travellers free and mandatory travel insurance each time you book a ticket through its […]