(News) Now Book IRCTC Rail Tickets via SMS from your Mobile (NO GPRS/Internet Required)
Registered IRCTC users can now Book railway tickets by just sending two simple SMS
STEP 1: An sms to be sent to --- (Number Coming soon) from your registered mobile (both at Bank and IRCTC)
SMS Format to be used:
BOOK <TrainNo> <FromCity> <ToCity> <TravelDate(DDMM)> <Class> <Passenger1-Name> <Age> <Gender> <Passenger2-Name> <Age> <Gender> (upto 6 passengers)
For example
BOOK 12011 NDLS CDG 1404 CC Rakesh 55 M Sarita 53 F
If the format sent is valid, you would receive a message from .The message would carry the following unique parameters.
- Transaction ID
- Ticket Amount
- Service Charge
- Total Amount payable
- Seat Availability
For example:
TID: 34343994 Ticket Amount: 750 Service Charges: 20 Seat: AVAILABLE- 0255
STEP 2: On receipt of the above parameters, SMS to be sent for payment of the ticket.
PAY <Transaction ID as received> <IMPS is the mode of payment)> <Your MMID as received from the bank> <OTP is your one time password received for this transaction> <IRCTCUserID>
For Example:
PAY 333333 IMPS 1234569877 Rameshji
Message received on successful booking of the ticket Congrates!! Your ticket booked successfully. PNR is: 2345678901 Ticket No: :0672261674 Booking Status: Rameshji CONFIRM C1 76 WS Sunita CONFIRM C1 77 Ticket
Amt: 750 SC: 20 Src: New delhi Dst: Chandigarh Date of Journey: 14/04/2013 Sch Dep 07:40 hrs
Note 1: MMID generation is a single click process available with more than 26 Indian Banks covering over 90% of the total banking subscriber base.The banks for the same are listed at http://www.npci.org.in/bankmember.aspx “OTP” is a One Time Password generated and provided by your respective bank.
Note 2:
- Booking with Quota including (Tatkal) and Concessions are not available as of now.
- Payment for the bookings can only be made through IMPS.
VIA: IRCTC.CO.IN