Within 48 Hours 5.80 lakh e-tickets booked on IRCTC Website
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's (IRCTC)
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's (IRCTC) e-ticketing website was able to book 5.80 lakh e-tickets on March 19. It is the highest ever single day booking.
The earlier highest was on September 2, 2013 when it booked 5.72 lakh e-tickets.
IRCTC's spokesperson said, presently, the site books more than 4.63 lakh tickets with an average of 9.47 lakh passengers daily as against 3.85 lakh tickets with 6.86 lakh passengers booked daily during 2013."
It means there is a 20% increase in the number of tickets and a 38% increase in the number of passengers.
He further said, "All these translate into a present daily transaction of more than Rs 53 crores as against Rs 37 crores in 2013, all of which make www.irctc.co.in one of the biggest e-commerce sites in the world."
Courtesy : The Times of India