Indian Railways is one of the largest and busiest railway networks in the world, transporting sixteen million passengers and more than one million tonnes of freight daily.
The Indian Railways traverse the length and breadth of the country; the routes cover a total length of 63,140 km (39,233 miles). As of 2002, Indian Railways owned a total of 216,717 wagons, 39,263 coaches and 7,739 locomotives and ran a total of 14,444 trains daily, including about 8,702 passenger trains.
This page directs you to important Indian Railways utilitarian tools. If yor are planning a trip on Indian Railways Trains, here are Check Availability, Seats Availability, Reservation, Enquiry, PNR, and Passenger Status tools. Also, view Indian Railways TimeTable for all trains.
IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation Site
: This page facilitates online rail ticket booking, and checking of ticket reservation status. Includes train schedules, availability of tickets, and a travel planner.
PNR
Current Status Enquiry : To know your current status
of reservation, you need to fill your 10 digit PNR Number, which
is printed on the top left corner of the ticket in the online
form available and whithin seconds the current status will be
displayed. Please note that Online PNR Status Enquiry is available
from 0400 hrs IST (GMT + 05:30) to 2330 hrs.
Trains/Fare/Reservation
Availability Status : This page helps you find Trains/Fare/Reservation
Availability Status within seconds online. You need to enter the
few characters of the Source/Originating Station.e.g.: "mum"
for getting the list of Mumbai Station and then enter the few
characters of the Destination Station. Finally select the class
in which you wish to travel, if you wish to see all the classes,
select all classes option.
Train
Schedule : Excellent tool to view train schedule. You
need to enter either few characters from the name of the train
OR the few characters from the number of the train and the tool
guides you to find schedule of the train you were looking for!
Online
Time Table : Indian Railways new time table helps you
check departure and arrival time of trains online.
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