Railway Booking » Online Railway Booking http://www.railwaybooking.org Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:06:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Feasibility of Online Booking and Reservations http://www.railwaybooking.org/the-feasibility-of-online-booking-and-reservations.htm http://www.railwaybooking.org/the-feasibility-of-online-booking-and-reservations.htm#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:22:00 +0000 Sarvesh http://www.railwaybooking.org/the-feasibility-of-online-booking-and-reservations.htm There is so much that one can opt for and do in this day and age. From reservations to bookings, from online portals to website references, technology has made it that easy for a person to do almost any activity in the vicinity of their home or their computer screen. Of course, today, many people, especially those who lead really busy lives at work and spend hours in traffic, do not wish to spend another hour or around that to reach a railway station or a booking office to book their ticket. They would rather do so in the comfort of their chair, sitting and viewing options over the computer screen, via the many websites and information domains related to providing information on railways or railway bookings (such as this website) or then, websites or portals that enable a person to book tickets online with the use of a credit card.

Online Booking and Reservations The feasibility is that with the advent of websites solely dedicated to the provision of online booking of tickets, one can choose, view options, trains, prices or rates, and book in accordance to that information. This is the main benefit of booking online. There is no doubt that one has to be careful about referring to reliable internet sources to book in an authentic and reliable way. Credit card details are punched into the computer once the trains, the fares, the destination, the nature of the ticket (whether one way or a return) and the persons that the tickets are booked for, are all first looked into, marked or chosen before the entry of the credit card detai8ls.

Also, one has to bear in mind that the credit card details have to be submitted to book tickets, only when the site in question is one that is established, known or reliable. After that, the transaction is made. The result of the transaction is the details of the tickets that get incorporated in an online ticket form and the ticket can be printed, once it is confirmed and once the credit details have been checked and accepted. There are websites that send out email copies of the ticket to the person’s respective email address. This helps in a good verification of reliability on both sides, the side of the person booking and the website that accepts the credit card details.

This is the Simple and Effective Procedure of Online reservations.

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]]> http://www.railwaybooking.org/the-feasibility-of-online-booking-and-reservations.htm/feed 0 Online Railway Booking http://www.railwaybooking.org/online-railway-booking.htm http://www.railwaybooking.org/online-railway-booking.htm#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:12:19 +0000 Sarvesh http://www.railwaybooking.org/?p=15 From dishing out Ticket ATMs to Smart Cards to booking tickets on the internet. The Indian Railway has come a long way in improving its facilities to the common commuter.

The railways carries the largest number of people on the Indian continent, making roads and airways come in second. Not only work, but people use it even to travel outstation and tour the country. With the ever increasing network of the railways it is one of the most sought after mode of transportation in the country.

If you have a debit card or a credit card and an authentic id card, you can book your tickets comfortably on the railway site. Every detail is well mentioned so that the booking gets done seamlessly. From one page to the other the booking of the destination, time and seats connects so you go click to click and get a confirmed booking. Bring a print out of the page of your confirmed booking done and that is as good as your ticket.

However incase you lose your printed e-ticket, a penalty of Rs. 50 will be levied on you and the ID card with which you booked your ticket will be taken as reference. In the case that the ID card too is not with you then it is deemed as ticketless traveling.

You can book tickets at your ease from 5 am to 11.30 pm as this is the time the bookings will be confirmed to you. As you will be e-booking there is a separate fee that will be levied on you. IRCTC charges Rs. 10 for second and sleeper class. Rs. 20 for first traveller and Rs. 5 for every subsequent traveller. Rs 20 for higher class that could go up to Rs. 40 also.

Some railway websites for your reference are:

www.easternrailway.gov.in

www.nfr.railnet.gov.in

www.centrarailwayonline.com

www.indiarailgov.in

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