Booking online is the easiest way to buy train tickets. The railway reservation system is open from 1.30am to 11.30pm every day (IST) so keep this in mind when trying to book online, particularly if you are abroad. The following websites all issue e-tickets, which are valid for train travel. You may have to show your passport as ID along with the printout of your booking reference when you are on the train. The following websites all accept international credit cards.
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Indian railways ticket booking websites and tips
1. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited: www.irctc.co.in - Set up by the Ministry of Railways, you can book regular trains as well as tourist trains such as the Deccan Odyssey.
2. Cleartrip: An excellent, easy to use and reliable website that charges a small fee on top of the regular ticket price.
3. Make My Trip: Similar to Cleartrip with very good reports from travellers.
4. Yatra
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Tips to book Tatkal booking in indian railways
1. Log on to the website well in advance. Tatkal booking starts at 8 A.M. The server will be loaded around 7:45 A.M itself. Its better to log on to the site around 7:30 A.M. Now, you need to maintain your session alive till 8 A.M. for you to book tickets. To do that, you can make use of my GreaseMonkey script, which refreshes the page every 2 mins (Check out Update-1). There are other sophisticated solutions for keeping the session alive like this Firefox plug-in. But, the script I have written is simple and it works well.
2. Keep your information ready. Make yourself ready with all the information needed for booking the ticket. Train number, Train name, boarding station code, destination station code and also the debit / credit card details.
3. Use Quick booking form. IRCTC added the quick booking feature few months back. This feature takes the information about the trip on a single form when compared to the normal booking which spans across multiple pages.
4. Auto-complete input form. All the modern day browsers include Auto-complete feature – Auto completing the form fields based on the previously entered values. Do a dummy transaction before the Tatkal booking opens. That way, you can save some valuable time by auto-completing the form fields during the actual booking.
5. Use the faster payment gateway. Many times, the transaction fails during the payment process. Whenever you make any transaction, the service will transfer to the banking site and then back to the IRCTC page. Avoid gateways which takes you through more than 2 pages in the name of security. Some of the banking sites use virtual keyword for security PIN to safeguard from any key tappers. Prefer not to use them as it will take more time than typing the PIN. Of course, we are relaxing on security here.
Plan your travel well in advance and let those who are really in need of Tatkal tickets get them.
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Best tips to reserving a seat in Indian Railways
You must make a reservation for all chaircar, sleeper, and 1AC, 2AC and 3AC carriages (check out the glossary below for more details). No reservations are required for general (2nd-class) compartments. Bookings are strongly recommended for all overnight journeys and if you plan on travelling during Indian holidays or festivals.
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