New Rule for Waiting Ticket Holders by Indian Railways

The Indian Railways continuously makes changes to enhance travel comfort and convenience. Recently, social media buzzed with viral pictures and videos showing overcrowding in reservation coaches due to passengers holding waiting list tickets. In response, the railway authorities have introduced new rules for waiting list tickets. According to these new rules, only passengers with confirmed reservations can travel in reservation coaches.

Waiting Tickets Restrictions

Indian Railways has revised its rules regarding waiting list tickets. From now on, whether booked online through IRCTC or at ticket counters, passengers with waiting list tickets are not allowed to travel in reservation or AC coaches. This means that even if a waiting ticket is purchased from the counter, passengers cannot occupy seats in reserved coaches.

Online Waiting List Restrictions

According to railway rules, if you book a waiting list ticket online via IRCTC, you won’t be permitted to travel in the reserved coach. If your ticket doesn’t get confirmed, your money will be refunded automatically. Previously, passengers with waiting list tickets from counters often traveled in reservation coaches, but this practice is no longer allowed. Passengers with waiting list tickets bought at railway counters can only travel in general coaches, with no exceptions for reserved or AC coaches.

Strict Penalties

Travelers holding waiting list tickets who are found traveling in reserved coaches may be asked to disembark at the next station and will incur a penalty. Travelers with waiting list tickets are strictly prohibited from entering reservation coaches. If caught, they will face fines up to ₹440. Additionally, those found traveling in a reserved coach with a waiting list ticket will be charged for the journey from the starting station to the destination, along with a minimum penalty of ₹440.

By adhering to these new rules, Indian Railways aims to ensure a more comfortable and organized travel experience for all passengers.

Indian Railways - Facilities for International Tourists

If you are planning a trip to India here is some good news. India is one of the safest and value for money destinations in the world. Around 7 million foreign tourists visit the country every year. The booming domestic airlines are connecting every major city in India, but if you want to experience the very culture and ethos Indian railways is the best medium to travel.
Some of the most luxurious trains that allow you to relive past and experience the future are plying the tracks every day.Can you imagine that in 100 dollars you can travel to any destination boarding any non-ac coach for 21 days.

Foreign Tourist Arrival in India - Growth Rate

The Indian Railways has  dedicated bureaus in all parts of India for foreign tourists.These are to help the foreign/NRI traveler in travel planning, ticket reservation and booking or any other related query. Following is the list of cities having dedicated office for foreign travelers:

• New Delhi (International Tourist Bureau)
• Varansi (International Tourist Bureau) 
• Kolkata
• Chennai
• Bangaluru
• Ahmedabad
• Secunderabad
• Jaipur
• Jodhpur
• Agra
• Mumbai

Tourists who want to get reserved railway tickets can visit the bureaus. One should carry a valid passport. The transaction is done in US Dollars, Pound Sterling, Euros and Indian Rupee.

Foreign/NRI travellers who don't have a definite plan but want to visit India as they wish can avail the facility of INDRAIL PASS(Indian Railways Pass for Foreign/NRI Travellers). The pass enables the holder to travel over entire Indian Railways without any restriction of route or train within the specifies time. The pass doesn't guaranty reserved accommodation, however a tourist can obtain reservations against INDRAIL PASS from the reservation offices of India Railways all across India. A SEPARATE FOREIGN TOURIST QUOTA IS PROVISIONED IN TRAVEL CLASSES AND IN ALMOST ALL TRAINS FOR THE FACILITY OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS. So the general rush and crowd doesn't affect the availability of tickets for them.

For further queries one can always contact at the following address or call/fax at the numbers given below.

Address

International Tourist Bureau,
First Floor, Station Building,
New Delhi Railway Station, New Delhi- 110055
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Phone :  91-11-42625156,
Fax: 91-11-23343050

THE INDRAIL PASS  is available for short duration as well as long duration.

• Half Day (12 Hours)
• One Day (24 Hours)
• Two Days (48 Hours) and
• Four Days
• Seven Days
• Fifteen Days
• 21 Days
• 30 Days
• 60 Days
• 90 Days

for the facility of visitors who arrive  in India via International flights. These passes are sold by Indian Railways via General Sales Agents abroad at Oman, Malaysia, UK, Germany, UAE, Nepal and at Kuwait, Bahrain and Columbo through Indian Airlines overseas outlets.

LIST OF GENERAL SALES AGENTS

S. No. Name Phone/Fax/e-mail 1 M/s National Travel and Tourism, P.O. Box 962, PC 113 Muttrah, Muscat, Sultanate-of-Oman Phone No. 009685666046 Fax No. 00968566125 email nttmbd@gmail.com 2 M/s city East West Travels, 23 Jalan Yapah Shak 50300, Kualalumpur, Malaysia Phone No. 0060326910903 Fax No. 0060326919829 email cewtrvl@hotmail.com 3 M/s S.D. Enterprises Ltd, 103, Wembley Park Drive, Wembley HA 98 HG, Midllx. (England) U.K. Phone No. 001819033411 Fax No. 00442089030392 email info@indianrail.co.uk 4 M/s Asra Orient, Kaisertrasse 50, D-60329, Frankfurt/ AM, Main Germany Phone No. 069253098 Fax No. 004969232045 email asra-orient@t-online.de 5 M/s.Sharjah National Travels & Tourist Agency Pvt. Ltd. P.O. Box. 17 Sharjah U.A.E Phone No. 0097165517468 Fax No. 0097165683535 email andavu@sntta.ae 6 Orient Paradise Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd. GSA of Indian Railway in Nepal Chalkhal,Dillibazar Kathmandu, Nepal Phone No. 00977-1-4428462 Fax No. 00977-1-4437990 Email: railwaysticket@kldugargroup.com dugarnp@mos.com.np 7 (i) Indian Airlines Ltd. No. 4,Briston Complex, Bton Street, Columbo. Phone No. 00941323136 Fax No. 00941445534 (ii) Indian Airlines Ltd. M/s Dadabhai Travels , P.O Bo.387, Bahrain. Phone No. 00973223181 Fax No. 00973210191 email dadabhai@batelco.com.bh (iii) Indian Airlines. AL. Hilaliah Bldg. Alsoor street . P.O.Box.594. Safat 13006. State of Kuwait. Phone No. 009652456700 Fax No. 009652434700.

Agents IRCTC Login Booking Trick

IRCTC Login

With lots of agents and IRCTC Login problems people usually are unable to book tatkal tickets but agents who are not allowed to book tickets at the tatkal starting time get the tickets for you. Have you ever thought how do they do it? How they manage to book tickets? You will obviously say that its their daily work and they know the best and also have software which let them book fast. Well, I would agree with only one of your point that is their daily work but not the software. It is true that once a software worked and let some agents who paid for the software to book tatkal tickets before tatkal time but I R C T C has overcome this error and software trick. That software costs around Rs.70,000/- according to some newspaper I read.

Tricks that Agents do with IRCTC Login Fast and Book Tatkal Tickets 

First you must know what they use! They use:

• Mozilla Firefox - it is web browser like internet explorer and can be downloaded from here.
  
• Multiple IRCTC accounts / IDs, though this is illegal but they take the risk. I would not suggest you go for multiple accounts though because unlike agents you are concerned about your own ticket or your relatives and friends and your genuine account is sufficient for this purpose.
• Two or three internet connections. Usually they have one broadband and one or two Net Setter (eg. reliance net or tata docomo dongle photon). For you a good broadband connection will be enough to book a ticket under tatkal scheme.
• Auto form Fill Scripts (very important factor in booking a tatkall ticket nowadays). You can refer to my post which is in hindi for this purpose.
• Sometimes using VPN - Virtual Private Network when very slow speed

So the next point is what is the procedure or steps needed to follow?

The steps are too easy and even you can do it easily if followed correctly.

I have written the steps that you needs to follow for tatkal booking. Follow the navigation on the right side of the page to read it. तत्काल टिकट कैसे बुक करें?

IRCTC Website of Indian Railways Experiences Low Bandwidth.

IRCTC website is getting slower day by day. It hangs, refuses to proceed and gives one liners like "service unavailable". The railway minister himself has accepted this in Rajya Sabha on December 14th 2012.

News:

Railway Minister P.K. Bansal has admitted in Rajya Sabha that on many instances the website, www.irctc.co.in for booking online railway tickets in India was experiencing slowdowns and server errors. Online reservation is being done through the website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (I R C T C), a subsidiary of Indian Railways. Currently the organization has 58 iridium servers and all other technical infrastructure to cater to the needs of the public, however it fails to withstand the heavy load during peak hours in the morning and during holidays.

For availing online reservation one needs to register with the website and provide the personal details like name, address, valid mobile number, valid email and other contact information. Upon registration a welcome mail with username and password and an activation link to access the website will be sent to the applicant. A mobile verification code is also sent to the registered mobile number and the user needs to provide the code when activating the account. The payment options for booking the tickets include credit cards, debit cards, internet banking and cash cards. The passenger can look the PNR status at frequent intervals after booking the ticket. The amount paid for any wait listed ticket will be refunded back in case reservation is not available.

The website provides other information like tour packages, hotels, flights and offer tailor made tour packages to both Indians and foreigners. According to a recent Alexa review on the website, an average user spends around 10 minutes browsing the website and most of the visitors were Asians accessing the website either from home or from their workplace.

Although hundreds of passengers use the website for online booking, complaints regarding its slow speed and many other booking and cancellation issues are on rise day by day. It is argued that the authorities intentionally do not provide extra bandwidth to the website to help the outside agents. According to railways, a sudden surge in online traffic especially during the booking of Tatkal ticket creates trouble to the website.