LIST OF SPECIAL TRAINS BY INDIAN RAILWAYS FROM 12/05/2020 DUE TO COVID 19

Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.

All Passenger to kindly note that on arrival at their destination, the traveling passengers will have to adhere to such health protocols as are prescribed by the destination State/UT.

For trains cancelled till 17th May 2020 by Indian Railways, full refund will be provided automatically by IRCTC. Users need not cancel their e-tickets. Full fare will be credited back into users accounts from which payment was made.

Catering Service is not available and catering charges not included in the fare.

No blanket and linen shall be provided in the train."

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IRCTC Recruitment 2015 - IRCTC Recruitment 2015 irctc.com 67 Sr. Executive/GM/Asst Job Openings

        Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd has conveyed a notification titled as IRCTC Recruitment 2015 for appointment on 67 vacant seats of Group General Manager, Addl. General Manager, Manager/Assistant Manager/Executive/Catering, Executive/Tourism, Assistant Manager/Executives/Finance and other following vacancies. Contestants with requisite qualifications, skills & knowledge are invited to apply for the current vacancies through the offline mode.

     The applicants can collect the whole acknowledgement regarding IRCTC Recruitment 2015 such as educational qualification, age limits, how to apply, etc. are detailed are available on the official website. 

Organization Name:

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd

Name of Post:

Various

No. of Vacancies:

67 Seats

Vacancies Details:

Designation	Total Vacancies
Group General Manager/Licensee Catering Services	01
Group General Manager/Procurement & Quality	01
Addl. General Manager/Jt. General Manager /Dy. General Manager /Catering	10
Manager/Assistant Manager/Executive/Catering	15
Group General Manager/Tourism	01
Executive/Tourism	10
Group General Manager/Finance	01
General Manager/Addl. General Manager-Finance	01
Assistant Manager/Executives/Finance	10
Addl. General Manager/Infra	02
Joint General Manager/(Civil/Electrical)	01
Dy. General Manager/(Civil/Electrical)	03
Addl. General Manager/Jt. General Manager /Dy. General Manager /Business Development	02
Addl. General Manager/Jt. General Manager /Dy. General Manager /Marketing	03
Group General Manager (IT)	01
Sr. Executive / Executive (civil)	2
Manager / Assistant Manager (Electrical)	2
Sr. Executive (Electrical)	1

Eligibility Criteria:

Employees including probationers with 0 to 15 years’ service, in organized All India Services, Central Civil Services, and Combined Engg. Services, Defence services (Including Army, Navy and Air Force), Central and State Govt. departments, Subordinate, Attached Offices and Autonomous bodies under Central Govt. (being audited by C&AG), Central PSUs

Qualification:

Applicants holding B. Tech/B.E. in Civil/Electrical Engineering with min. 60% marks from any recognized institute/university/college would be able to apply for the latest vacancies.

Age Limit:

Age of appliers should be less than 55 Years as per the rules.

Process of Selection:

Selection of candidates shall be based on the performance in interview and assessment of APARs/Working reports /Experience /qualification /other achievements.

How to Apply for IRCTC Recruitment?

1. Applicants can download the application form through the IRCTC’s website at www.irctc.com only.
2. Prescribed Performa of application is available on the site that should be filled with all essential details in without any mistake.
3. Append the attested copies of documents in support of age limits, educational qualification, category, address, experience etc. with the application.
4. Paste a recent passport size photograph with the application form.
5. Applications through proper channel requesting their parent organization to forward their application along with NOC, D&AR and Vigilance Clearance and APARs/Working Reports, as applicable, for preceding 05 years as mentioned above to IRCTC.
6. The application enclosed with the envelope super scribed as “Application for the post of _______” should be sent to the address tuned below.

Postal Address:

Group General Manager (HRD)

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd

12th Floor, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road,

New Delhi- 110 001

Important Date:

Last date for receipt of application: 18th September 2015

Note: 

Applicants must check Official Link 

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IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking Tricks

  To book your Tatkal Ticket online you require to make optimum use of each second as soon as the net booking counter opens, & those five to ten minutes before the counter opens are also crucial. We have laid out a guide to help you in Tatkal  booking of ticket, along with a set of handy tech tools & tips & tricks that will help you bag a confirmed IRCTC Tatkal ticket faster.

Fast Tatkal booking of train tickets

1. The IRCTC Tatkal or last minute online booking window opens only a day in advance of your journey between 10 am & 12 am. 
2. A person can do Tatkal booking of only two tickets on a user id, so for any more tickets you will require to IRCTC login Tatkal account using other user ids. 
3. Now, you require to successfully log in to the IRCTC reservation process at exactly 10 a.m., but keep in mind, there's tens of thousands of other people trying to log in to the site, so needs to be speedy. 
4. Try to log in using multiple accounts on different browsers such as Mozilla, Chrome, Opera or take a hand from your buddies ten minutes before. For this, make definite that your time is synced with the IRCTC server time, so that there's no issues due to difference in time as a delay in a minute means lesser chances of getting a ticket. 
5. To know the server time, click here, key in any number, click on 'Get Schedule' & the lower right side will show you the exact browser time at IRCTC, or you may even log in to your IRCTC account. Besides, you can also use the Firefox add-on gizmo to sync the time along with your computer. By installing the add-on, the user script will provide the real time view of the server time, once the time you log in to your IRCTC account. This add-on is also available for Chrome.
6. Once successfully logged in quickly book the tickets, you can use browser's auto fill features or add-on to quickly fill the fields on ticket booking page.

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IRCTC launches eWallet Scheme.

What is IRCTC eWALLET Scheme
IRCTC eWALLET is a scheme under which user can deposit money in advance with IRCTC and can be used as payment option along with other payment options available on IRCTC for paying money at the time of booking tickets.
IRCTC eWALLET scheme provides following advantages:

1. Hassle free and very secure transactions while booking train tickets through IRCTC account.
2. Important booking time saved by eliminating payment approval process during ticket booking.
3. IRCTC eWALLET scheme provides benefit of saving Payment Gateway charges per ticket.
4. You can manage IRCTC eWALLET account online and also top up online.
5. Dependency on a specific bank is reduced, as when any of the provided banks go offline, you can still book tickets from your eWALLET account.

Main features of IRCTC eWALLET scheme are:

1. User Authentication: IRCTC eWALLET users will be verified and authenticated through their PAN card number in an Online Verification Process.
2. Secured Access: IRCTC offers secure booking through eWALLET by providing Transaction Password/ PIN Number that is required to be entered for every booking done through IRCTC eWALLET.
3. Complete History: IRCTC User is provided with a separate link namely eWALLET that offers eWALLET Transaction history, eWALLET payment History & change transaction password options.
4. Easy Refund: In case of any train ticket cancellation, the due refund will be credited to your IRCTC eWALLET Account next day.

Steps to register and book ticket through eWALLET:

1. Login to IRCTC account with your existing IRCTC user id and password.
2. Click the "eWALLET Registration" link under eWALLET Section in the "Plan my travel" page.
3. Complete Verification process by providing PAN CARD No. and other details.
4. Deposit one time registration fee of Rs.250/-(inclusive of Service Tax and Education CESS on Service Tax,non refundable) online with any of the available payment options.
5. Membership fee and Redemption is subject to change at the discretion of IRCTC.
6. Credit the IRCTC eWALLET account with the minimum deposit of Rs.100/- and top up with the required booking amount. Maximum amount permitted in user's account is Rs. 5,000.
7. Pay ticket booking amount through IRCTC eWALLET which is displayed as payment option along with other Banks.

Note: IRCTC eWALLET facility is not available from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Detailed eWALLET Registration Process

• Login to IRCTC account by entering your IRCTC Username and Password.
• The "Plan my travel" page appears having link for eWALLET Registration.
  
• Click on "Click to register now!" link for eWALLET registration.
• After clicking on "eWALLET registration" link IRTC user will be redirected to verify his PAN Card number and below screen will be shown.
  
• Fill the PAN Card Number and the First name written on the PAN Card.
• After the verification of user's PAN Card number, payment page will appear for payment of eWALLET registration fee:
  
• Create a Transaction Password required at the time of booking and reconfirm the same password in the text box provided.
• Select the Bank for the payment of Registration Fee from the drop down list of payment options available.
• Please not that the registration Fee is non-refundable.
• After successful payment, the User will be logged out and a successful registration message is provided by IRCTC.
  

Making IRCTC eWALLET Deposit

• Login to IRCTC accout by entering your user name and password.
• To deposit the amount in the IRCTC eWallet account click to "eWallet DEPOSIT" link on the left navigation bar. Select option and fill the amount to be deposited and reconfirm the same account. The amount should be more than the minimum amount and less than the maximum limit.
• Select the payment option from dropdown list and Click on submit button for payment.
  
• User can deposit minimum amount of Rs. 100/- and maintain maximum amount of Rs.5000/- in account. and user can deposit amount in multiple of Rs.100/- only. The deposit amount is non-refundable.
• After the successful deposit, a successful payment message will be provided.
• To check the status of deposit eWallet account, click 'DEPOSIT HISTORY' link on the left navigation bar. Enter the profile password and click 'Go' button.
• User will be redirected to 'Deposit History' page where status of all the eWallet Deposit Amount will be provided.
  

About IRCTC eWALLET Transactions

• All of the eWallet booking transactions can be accessed by clicking on this link and providing profile password.
• IRCTC eWALLET members will be able to search bookings by providing their date of journey.
• Details of the booking can be viewed by clicking Transaction ID.
  

Changing IRCTC eWALLET Transaction Password

• User can change their transaction password from this link. Just enter your old password and enter your new password twice and click on submit button.
  

Booking E-Ticket through eWALLET

• Once the IRCTC user plans the travel and start booking ticket to reach the Payment Gateway page, then the e-Wallet as a payment option will be presented among other payment options.
  
  
• The user enters the transaction password on the payment page, wherein he will be able to see the available e-Wallet account balance also. The amount will be debited from the e-Wallet account and redirected to the confirmation page.
  
• For every e-Wallet transaction an additional eWallet Transaction charge of Rs 5/- will be collected. Booking will be allowed only when ticket amount is less than the balance amount.
  
• Ticket will be failed if amount is less than the ticket amount after response from PRS (occurs In case of concurrency & multiple bookings)
  

IRCTC eWallet: ERS after Booking

• An electronic ticket is provided as usual on successful train ticket booking.
  
• Refund of the cancellation amount will be given in the IRCTC eWallet account.

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IRCTC launches Next Generation e-ticketing journey planner www.irctc.co.in

               IRCTC launches Next Generation e-ticketing journey planner. In this option we can make IRCTC Ticket with in seconds..
Steps are given below

•  Login by entering your user name and password.

• The "Plan my travel" page appears.

• If the From/To station selected by you are correct in the route of the train then :

• Select Ticket type option.
• Select the type of Quota.

• You may be redirected to the following page.
• Click on class to get availability and fare in desired train.
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Availability page appears.
User will be redirected to Passenger reservation page by pressing Book Now button.

•  Ticket reservation page appears; check whether the train name and the station names displayed on the top of the page are same as desired by you.

• Enter the names of the Passengers, age, sex and berth preference for each Passenger. The maximum length of names should be restricted to 15 characters. If the Passenger is a senior citizen (60 years and above for male and 58 years and above for female) and wants to avail Senior Citizens' concession (40% of Base fare for male and 50% of base fare for female), click the box provided. Senior citizens are requested to carry some proof of age in original during their journey. A sample form is reproduced below. (The allotment of your required berth depends on the availability).
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• The ticket details, availability of tickets at the particular time and the fare, including the service charge, appear on the screen, along with the payment option Follow the instructions.
• Click on the button "Make Payment" and a pop-up window will give the list of payment options. Please choose one of the mode of payment. Please click on the payment option below for help regarding the payment procedure through each of these options.
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After successful payment and booking of accommodations, the User is shown the ticket confirmation details along with a “Print Reservation Slip” Button. On clicking the button ERS is shown with an option to print.

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How to book an IRCTC Tatkal ticket faster

           In India, trains are one of the easiest and cheapest modes of transport. Over the years, booking train tickets has become convenient using the IRCTC.

In India, trains are one of the easiest and cheapest modes of transport. Over the years, booking train tickets has become convenient using the IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation) website. In fact, according to the comScore and ASSOCHAM India report, IRCTC is the leading travel e-commerce site in the country with the highest transaction share in the travel category. One out of five online users in India visits the Indian Railways site, with almost 12 million unique visitors monthly and majority of the traffic is seen between 10 am to 12 pm. It is during this time that IRCTC allows booking Tatkal tickets, which means tickets that are reserved for people with last minute travel plans, travel emergencies and so on. IRCTC receives a lot of flak for its slow, sluggish performance and had become a laughing stock when the site crashed (server inability, low bandwidth) during the festivities last year, just minutes after Tatkal bookings began. Currently, it is said to sell about 40-45,000 Tatkal railway tickets between 10 am and 11 am (its 10 and 11, because all tickets are sold in one hour – in fact, 45 mins), which it plans to spruce up to 60-65,000 with the help of its new Rs. 10 crore drive for better, upgraded servers to 64GB RAM. This will allow 80 lakh concurrent connections compared to the current 10 lakh. The Tatkal online booking window opens a day in advance before the date of your journey just for an hour and tens of thousands of people try to log into the Tatkal booking system, which makes it as tough as getting into an overcrowded Mumbai local train during the peak office hours.

If you’ve ever tried booking a Tatkal ticket, you will know how important each minute is and how annoying IRCTC’s online passenger reservation system can get. You have to make optimum use of each second as soon as the online booking counter opens, and those 5 to 10 minutes before the counter opens are also very crucial. We’ve laid out a guide to help you book a Tatkal ticket, along with a set of handy tech tools and tips and tricks that will help you bag a confirmed Tatkal ticket faster.

Keep the page active

First, the Tatkal or last minute online booking window opens only a day in advance of your journey between 10 am and 12 am. A person can book only two Tatkal tickets on one user id, so for any more tickets you will need to login using other IRCTC user ids. Now, you need to successfully log into the IRCTC reservation system at exactly 10 a.m., but remember, there are tens of thousands of other people trying to log into the site, so one needs to be really quick. Try to login using multiple accounts on different browsers such as Mozilla, Chrome, Opera or take a hand from your pals 10 minutes before. For this, ensure that your time is synced with the IRCTC server time, so that there are no issues due to difference in time as a delay in a minute means lesser chances of getting a ticket.

To know the IRCTC server time, click here, key in any number, click on “Get Schedule” and the lower right side will show you the exact broswer time at IRCTC, or you can even log into your IRCTC account. Besides, you can also use the Firefox add-on tool to sync the time with your computer. By installing the add-on, the userscript will provide the realtime view of what the server time is once you log into your IRCTC account. This add-on is also available for Chrome.

Once you log in with the IRCTC account, the key is to keep the session active. Those who have tried booking a Tatkal ticket may have often faced the error which says “Session expired”, which means you have to start logging in again, and this delay can cost you your ticket. To keep the session alive, ensure that the screen doesn't go idle for more than 3 minutes, because as soon as it does, the session will expire. So do not spend time thinking which ticket to choose or go hunting for your debit/credit card details at the last minute; keep everything handy so that the screen doesn't go idle.

As the only way to avoid the session from expiring is keeping the page active, here are two handy tricks. You can use this link. All you need to do is make a note of the Session ID and the Engine ID (from the address bar), replace it with your session and engine IDs and use the URL in another browser (For instance, if you are using Chrome, then use it in Firefox) and keep doing it till you complete your booking process. If you think this is a complicated method, then the other trick to keep your session active is by going to the IRCTC website > Login > General > Terms & Conditions. All you need to do is copy the “Terms and Conditions” URL in another browser and keep pinging it every 2-3 minutes.

As soon as you successfully log into IRCTC, choose the starting point and destination, then a list of trains will appear and you can choose the train and the ticket type – Sleeper, 3-tier AC, 2-tier AC and so on. You will then have to key in all the necessary details including an identity proof. One has to be really quick in filling these details and don't forget to keep your identity proof  handy. For instance, if you plan to choose the PAN card, then make a note of the PAN number. As you have to be very quick and can't keep typing in details for minutes, here’s what you can do – keep all the information like name of the passengers, age, PAN number handy in a notepad and just copy paste the information while booking the ticket.

Magic Autofill tool

Another alternative is an extremely handy tech tool called Autofill that can be used on Firefox as well as Chrome. Using the autofill add-on or extension, you need to visit IRCTC, say, about half an hour or so before the Tatkal bookings begin. Just go to the usual ticket booking page and fill in your details. Simply follow the booking procedure till you reach the payment gateway and then go no further. The add-ons will ensure that the browser remembers these details and you will not have to spend a lot of time typing them while booking the Tatkal ticket. Another tool you can use is the Magic Autofill. To use this tool, fill in all your details and click on “I’m feeling lucky”, a  "Magic Autofill" blue button will appear and you have to drag it into your bookmarks. While booking the Tatkal ticket, once you are done finalising the train and berth, click on the Magic autofill and it will do the rest and you can quickly proceed to payment.

The IRCTC website is jam packed and quite slow during Tatkal booking, so ensure that you are patient and do not double click on anything or hit the backspace button as this will log you off and you will need to start the complete procedure again. You will even come across a message that reads “Service Unavailable”; in this case, just keep refreshing the page. Once you are done with the payment, wait until it takes you back to the IRCTC page (unless the transaction fails).

These tech tools and simple tips and tricks will definitely increase the chances of bagging a confirmed ticket. Do share with us your experience of booking a Tatkal ticket.

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https://www.irctc.co.in/ How to Book IRCTC Train Tickets by SMS

  Book your train tickets from mobile

Now Book your train tickets using Mobile Phone, anywhere and anytime WITHOUT using Internet connection. Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones to book tickets through a simple text-messaging-based-SMS facility or a menu-based dialling service –USSD service. Currently, only registered IRCTC users can use these services. THE TWO OPTIONS SMS Based Booking SMS Services are currently offered by:- Bharat BPO - Book by sending SMS at 139. Click here for details. Frequency Weekly - Book by sending SMS at 5676714. Click here for details. Pyro Group - Book by installing BSNL PrePaid Card Application in your Java based phone. Click here for details. For SMS Bookings, send a Booking SMS in specified format with information of Date of Journey, Class , Train Number and Passenger Details. You shall receive Seat Availability. In the second SMS make the Payment, which can be initiated in either two ways:- Using Mobile Money Identifier MMID* and one-time password (OTP) as received from Bank for registered Mobile Number. Using PrePaid Wallet Cards or mWallets. Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC. * MMID generation is a single click process available with more than 26 Indian Banks covering over 90% of the total banking subscriber base. The banks for the same are listed at    http://www.npci.org.in/bankmember.aspx * “OTP” is a One Time Password generated and provided by your respective bank.

USSD (Menu-based dialling) USSD Services are currently offered by:- Airtel Money - Airtel subscribers Dial *400# on their mobiles. Click here for details.

Dial designated number, you shall receive a Menu Based Screen dialling. Select 'book tickets' option, select 'reservation' (user is prompted to enter his IRCTC user ID once only), enter details     (date of journey, station, train no, class, etc) Enter mPIN for authorizing payment through mobile wallet Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC

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Book your train tickets from mobile

Now Book your train tickets using Mobile Phone, anywhere and anytime WITHOUT using Internet connection. Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones to book tickets through a simple text-messaging-based-SMS facility or a menu-based dialling service –USSD service. Currently, only registered IRCTC users can use these services. THE TWO OPTIONS SMS Based Booking SMS Services are currently offered by:- Bharat BPO - Book by sending SMS at 139. Click here for details. Frequency Weekly - Book by sending SMS at 5676714. Click here for details. Pyro Group - Book by installing BSNL PrePaid Card Application in your Java based phone. Click here for details. For SMS Bookings, send a Booking SMS in specified format with information of Date of Journey, Class , Train Number and Passenger Details. You shall receive Seat Availability. In the second SMS make the Payment, which can be initiated in either two ways:- Using Mobile Money Identifier MMID* and one-time password (OTP) as received from Bank for registered Mobile Number. Using PrePaid Wallet Cards or mWallets. Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC. * MMID generation is a single click process available with more than 26 Indian Banks covering over 90% of the total banking subscriber base. The banks for the same are listed at    http://www.npci.org.in/bankmember.aspx * “OTP” is a One Time Password generated and provided by your respective bank.

USSD (Menu-based dialling)    More IRCTC Tips USSD Services are currently offered by:- Airtel Money - Airtel subscribers Dial *400# on their mobiles. Click here for details.

Dial designated number, you shall receive a Menu Based Screen dialling. Select 'book tickets' option, select 'reservation' (user is prompted to enter his IRCTC user ID once only), enter details     (date of journey, station, train no, class, etc) Enter mPIN for authorizing payment through mobile wallet Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC

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List of Indian Railways Abbreviations For Ticket Reservations

       There are number of abbreviations used by the Indian railways for number of usage while booking tickets or during reservation of online tickets. We have compiled the list of many of such abbreviations which are used by Indian railways commonly while reservation of tickets or Online Booking.

Find out your query about the Small codes printed on your Reservation Tickets and who are looking to find out the solution :

Various Accommodation for Reservation Class

1A	First class Air-conditioned (also Executive Class)
2A	Air-conditioned 2-tier sleeper
FC	First Class
3A	Air-conditioned 3-tier sleeper
CC	Air-conditioned chair car
SL	Sleeper class
2S	Second-class Sitting

Various short form printed on the Reservation Tickets

GN	General
LD	Ladies
HO	Headquarter Quota
DF	Defence
RC (RAC)	Reservation against Cancellation
OS	Out-station
RS	Road-side
PH	Parliament House
FT	Foreign Tourist
DP	Duty Pass
HP	Handicapped

Various Waiting List Abbreviations

RAC : Reservation Against Cancellation, It refers to a reservation of ticket for sitting accommodation until some berth becomes available. Any RAC ticket holders can board the reserved coach.

For sleeper type coach a Sleeping berth is allowed to RAC ticket holder for sitting purpose only. Two RAC ticket holders have to share the single seat of the reserved coach.

RLWL : Remote Location Waiting List , This is commonly the Waiting List tickets which is applicable when a Passenger intends to get into the Train from an Intermediate Station to the last station where Train terminated it’s journey. You will never get the RLWL from the originating station of the Journey.

PQWL : Pooled Quota Waiting List, This is the waiting list tickets which is shared by number of small station in the train route. Simply the PQWL is the waiting list ticket originated from the one Intermediate station to another intermediate station in the single route of any train. Like in case from New Delhi To banglore if some one take a reservation from Bhopal to nagpur. The Waiting ticket will be PQWL.

RQWL : Request Waiting List , This quota is used when there will be no Pooled Quota Waiting List in the Route.

CKWL : Tatkal Waiting List, when the waiting Tickets are taken under tatkal quota.

WL : Waiting List, When ever the waiting list tickets are booked from the originating station to termination station of single route in train journey.