We can book Train Ticket from the IRCTC app as well as the IRCTC website. Nowadays various applications and their websites are available for booking train tickets online like Paytm, PhonePe, Mobikwik, Google Pay, etc but for this, you must have a valid User ID and Password of IRCTC. If you don’t have a valid User ID and Password then doesn’t worry about it you can easily get it from here by creating an account on the IRCTC website.
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How To Book Train Tickets Online
Booking online train tickets means there are no brokerage charges anyway. While booking train tickets through agents will lead to a pay extra amount for getting a train ticket. There are two ways for booking train ticket one is from the Railway counter and the other is from the IRCTC(Website & App). Various peoples prefer to book train tickets online because it will save time and anyone can book from anywhere. Only you need a valid user id and password of IRCTC which you can get through the IRCTC account registration process.
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Step By Step Guide To Book Train Tickets From IRCTC App
First, you need to download the IRCTC app directly from the play store and login to your account. Here is our step by step guide to book train ticket from IRCTC app.
Step 1: Firstly you need to download the IRCTC Rail Connect applications from Google play store or Apple store and after that login your account.
Step 2: Open the app and Tap on Train Tickets.
Step 3: Enter your IRCTC App Pin and then click Login.
Step 4: Now select your Destination, Boarding Point, and Travel Date and then click on Search Train.
Step 5: There will be many Trains to come. Select the train and then select the Class of the train (Sleeper, 3Ac, 2Ac,1Ac). Click on Book Now and move to the next step.
Step 6: After that click on Add Passenger.
Step 7: A form will appear that includes some basic information on a passenger. When the form is filled with a click on Done.
Step 8: Enter your Mobile Number and tap on Book Ticket and then enter the Captcha and click on Proceed To Payment.
Step 9: Select the Payment Methods from which you want to pay the Tickets Fare.
Step 10: Enter the Card Details and tap on Proceed To Pay.
Step 11: An OTP(One Time Password) will come to your Registered Mobile number entered the OTP which you have received on your mobile number and complete the payment.
Step 12: Once the payment was confirmed you will receive a message to your registered mobile number as well as email id. If you did not receive the SMS from IRCTC, then go through this to get SMS from IRCTC.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Indian Railways will allow the customers or passengers to cancel their train tickets if they don’t want to travel before chart preparations. So in some cases, you don’t want to travel then you have a chance to cancel your train ticket by logging into your IRCTC account from which the ticket was booked. Before canceling the train ticket you must be aware of the cancellation charges.
Yes, you can cancel one ticket out of 3 booked seats. After the cancellation of the train ticket, you will get a refund of your ticket in the same bank account or wallet from which you made the payment for booking the ticket. Normally the banks take time to process the refund in
1. For Net- Banking/Wallets/Cash Cards transaction: 3-4 business days.
2. For Credit Card/Debit Card transaction: 6-7 business days
It is necessary to show your ticket while traveling to the train. Whether it is in Hard Copy or soft copy (on your phone). Here you can see how to print IRCTC ticket from IRCTC new website. You can also show the message received from IRCTC. You need to follow several steps to print your train ticket.