{"id":11751,"date":"2013-07-19T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11751"},"modified":"2013-07-19T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T09:38:15","slug":"railway-e-ticket-now-on-mobile-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11751","title":{"rendered":"Railway e-ticket now on mobile, in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irctc.co.in\/beta_htmls\/SMS_USSD.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/592013-07-19-11-3259.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f4fafd\">\n<h4>Railway e-ticket now on mobile<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>IRCTC introduces for the first time a non-internet based ticketing system that will empower masses even in remote areas to use the omnipresent mobile device to make reservations.<\/li>\n<li>Millions of rail travellers can now use their mobile phones to book tickets in a simple, convenient and secured manner.<\/li>\n<li>It uses simple SMS or menu-based USSD technology which works on all mobile phones and involves no internet and costs very little.<\/li>\n<li>The services can be currently availed by IRCTC registered users only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Advantages of booking IRCTC tickets via mobile<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>No need to stand in long queues or log onto the internet.<\/li>\n<li>Simple, reliable and secured.<\/li>\n<li>Accessible to any mobile user.<\/li>\n<li>Very little charges for accessing the service.<\/li>\n<li>Works on all handsets. <\/li>\n<li>Simple user guided menu &#8211; book tickets, search for stations, trains, availability.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. USSD based booking through Airtel*<\/h2>\n<h4>Registration <\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Register for Airtel money by dialing USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) number *400#.<\/li>\n<li>Load cash on this or recharge from any Airtel money outlet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Booking Flow<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Dial *400# and select book tickets option.<\/li>\n<li>Select Reservation.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your IRCTC User ID.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the details of ticket (station, train no. date of journey, class etc.). <\/li>\n<li>Enter mPIN for authorizing payment through Airtel money. <\/li>\n<li>Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC and same can be used during journey along with valid ID proof.. <\/li>\n<li>Fare &amp; service charges are debited from your Airtel money account.<\/li>\n<li>PG Charges: Currently NIL<\/li>\n<li>Agent Service Charges: Currently NIL<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline No.: 121<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline Email : <a href=\"mailto:121@airtelmoney.in\" target=\"_blank\">121@airtelmoney.in<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>2. SMS based booking through 139*<\/h2>\n<h4>Registration<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with your bank.<\/li>\n<li>Bank provides MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) &amp; OTP (One Time Password) through IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) option.<\/li>\n<li>More than 25 banks are providing IMPS facility. For generating MMID &amp; OTP, visit website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npci.org.in\/impsmerpay10.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.npci.org.in\/<wbr>impsmerpay10.aspx<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Booking Flow<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Generate OTP through your Bank for authorization of payment.<\/li>\n<li>Send SMS, in the following syntax, to 139 BOOK &lt;TrainNo&gt;&lt;FromStn.Code&gt;&lt;ToStn.<wbr>Code&gt; &lt;TravelDate (DDMM)&gt;&lt;Class&gt;&lt;Passenger-Name&gt;<wbr>&lt;Age&gt;&lt;M\/F&gt;<\/li>\n<li>You will receive Transaction ID alongwith other details.<\/li>\n<li>Make payment through sending an SMS, in the following syntax, to 139<br \/>\nPAY &lt;Transaction ID as received&gt;&lt;IMPS&gt;&lt;Your MMID as received from the bank&gt;&lt;OTP, your one time password as received from the bank for this transaction&gt;&lt;IRCTCUserID&gt; and your ticket is booked; confirmation SMS is received on your mobile and same can be used during journey along with valid ID proof.<\/li>\n<li>Service is available to all mobile subscribers. <\/li>\n<li>SMSes @ Rs 3\/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking). <\/li>\n<li>PG charges Rs 5\/- for ticket amount &lt; Rs 5000\/ and Rs 10\/- for ticket amount &gt;= Rs 5000\/- (as applicable by bank).<\/li>\n<li>Agent Service Charges: NIL<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline No.: 139<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline Email : <a href=\"mailto:smsticket139@bharatbpo.in\" target=\"_blank\">smsticket139@bharatbpo.in<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/smsticket139@bharatbpo.in\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>3. SMS based booking through 5676714*<\/h2>\n<h4>Registration<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with m-wallet (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zipcash.in\/user\/nlogin.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.zipcash.in\/user\/<wbr>nlogin.aspx<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Send SMS, to 5676714, in the following syntax START &lt; irctc user Id &gt; for user authentication (first time only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Booking Flow<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Send an SMS to 5676714 to book a ticket in the following syntax: BOOK &lt;From stn.code&gt;,&lt;to stn.code&gt;, &lt;DDMMYY&gt;, &lt;Trainno&gt;,&lt;Class&gt;,&lt;passenger name&gt;,&lt;age&gt;,&lt;M\/F&gt;<\/li>\n<li>1. &#8220;PAY <u><\/u>, MPAY, &lt; m-PIN &gt;&#8221; for authorizing payment through MPAY <\/li>\n<p><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>2. &#8220;Send &lt;mobileno&gt;,&lt;mmid&gt;,&lt;amount&gt;, &lt;transaction Id&gt;,&lt;OTP&gt;&#8221; to your Bank IMPS number.<\/li>\n<li>After payment is made booking confirmation is sent to your mobile.<\/li>\n<li>SMSes @ Rs 3\/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking). <\/li>\n<li>PG Charges: Currently NIL<\/li>\n<li>Agent Service Charges: As applicable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline No. : 8882001001<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline Email : <a href=\"mailto:support@saarthii.com\" target=\"_blank\">support@saarthii.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>4. SMS based booking through BSNL*<\/h2>\n<h4>User should have the following:<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style:none\">1. BSNL SIM card installed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style:none\">2. Java enabled mobile phone.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style:none\">3. Andhra Bank Prepaid card.<\/li>\n<li>This is a menu driven application where user has to enter the details asked for in simple step-by-step process to get the ticket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Registration<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Install the application.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Register option to get the mPIN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Booking <\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the icon BSNL Prepaid Card<\/li>\n<li>Select Ticketing &gt; Train (IRCTC)<\/li>\n<li>Fill up the journey details such as From stn, To Stn, Train No, DOJ, Class, Quota, passenger details.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the mPIN to get the ticket information.<\/li>\n<li>SMSes: without charges. <\/li>\n<li>PG Charges: Currently NIL<\/li>\n<li>Agent Service Charges: As applicable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline No. : 040-39849644<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helpline Email : <a href=\"mailto:bsnl.support@pyrogroup.com\" target=\"_blank\">bsnl.support@pyrogroup.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font:12px arial;padding:10px 8px\">E-ticketing through IRCTC website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irctc.co.in\" target=\"_blank\">www.irctc.co.in<\/a>, has revolutionized the way the common man deals with the railways and has been the biggest success story of e-governance in India. Taking this further, keeping an eye on growing mobile phone market in India, IRCTC now launched two other modes of ticket booking through SMS and USSD&#8230; and you don`t need an Internet connection in your mobile for this.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font:bold 16px arial;text-align:center;color:#ff0000;padding:10px 8px\">So, next time you book a rail ticket, take out your mobile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font:bold 12px arial;padding:10px 8px\">* The services will not be available between 0800-1200 hrs. However, the ticket can still be booked using mobile through IRCTC main site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irctc.co.in\" target=\"_blank\">www.irctc.co.in<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/592013-07-19-11-3259.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> Vaishnava Dasa: Since India is so dear to the devotees and travelling can be difficult, maybe a good idea to post this<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}