ID proof must for all reserved train passengers

From December 1, 2012, all train passengers with reservations will have to carry a valid photo identity proof. ID cards will be needed if you are travelling on Reserved Second Class(2S), Sleeper Class(SL), III Economy Class(3E) and First Class(FC).

The move is seen as a step by the Railways Ministry to facilitate the travel of only legitimate passengers and to reduce scope of misuse of reserved ticketing system as well as for general security reasons. 

The Press release issued by the Railways Ministry says, "Any one of the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved class has to produce any one of the above mentioned prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly.  The existing provision of the Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket shall continue".

The ministry has also decided to expand the list of acceptable ID proof. The list for Tatkal ticket and other reserved classes will now be as follows:
1) Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India.
2) Passport.
3) PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.
4) Driving Licence issued by RTO.
5) Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government which include the following:
-Pension Pay Order s(PPO)
-Ration Card with photographs
-Senior Citizen cards
-Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards
-ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries.
-CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.
6) Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.
7) Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs.
8) Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.
9) Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar".
10) Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

Currently, only passengers travelling with ID proofs are those with e tickets, Tatkal tickets or the AC classes (except in III Economy -3E class

rail info on one sms

Now Indian Railway Enquiry Made Simple

 SMS Services

 Indian Railway introduced the simplest way to check your Railway ticket status using SMS messages. Just send an SMS on 57886 through your mobile phone now to get any information on Railways.

Now all the enquiries like Train Alert, PNR Status, Train Status, Seat Availability, Train Schedule, Train Information, Train Time Table, Train Fare etc offered on the web site www.indianrail.gov.in are available on your mobile phone through SMS facility. For more information on the mobile service providers and the key words to be used on the mobile, please click here

Get IRCTC SMS again if IRCTC ticket booking SMS failed

Get IRCTC SMS Again if IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS Failed

IRCTC ticket booking SMS is still undelivered to your mobile! So you want to make IRCTC SMS resent by IRCTC. All right! Know it how to get IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS again if somehow SMS sent by IRCTC is not received to mobile.

What is IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS

After booking online rail ticket from IRCTC website, an IRCTC user gets ticket confirmation SMS from IRCTC. The SMS so sent to mobile number of IRCTC user contains important passenger information such as PNR, train number, date of journey, class type info, source & destination station codes, passenger name, coach number, seat number, fare amount, surcharge amount, etc. Due to IRCTC’s “go green” initiative, these days, IRCTC Ticket SMS may be used as e-ticket while traveling in train. So rail passengers also dont want to take a printout of IRCTC e-ticket instead they want to receive IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS in their mobile phone so that they can show that SMS whenever ticket checking staff in train asks them for the ticket.

Why Resending  of IRCTC SMS is Needed

Since IRCTC SMS may also be treated as a replacement of PrintOut of e-Ticket. So people who booked IRCTC e-Ticket require confirmation message to retain in their mobiles. For various reasons resending of IRCTC SMS is needed, few of them are:-
Due to mobile network problem, at times, IRCTC SMS is not delivered to the users mobile after the ticket booking process is completed.
Since rail traveler can travel in train without e-ticket print out so resending of IRCTC SMS is necessary if the previous sent ticket confirmation SMS by IRCTC is lost any way.
Ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC may be, sometimes, undelivered for some technical reasons also.
It is also possible that IRCTC users receive the ticket confirmation message after completion of e-ticket booking process by IRCTC but SMS got deleted accidentally or otherwise.
Some users want to get IRCTC SMS resent for checking if SMS resending facility is working correctly.
Besides above, there may be some other reasons also for getting

IRCTC SMS again.

How to Get IRCTC SMS Again

IRCTC online user, who wants to get IRCTC SMS again for any e-ticket booked, have to follow these easy steps:
Log in to your IRCTC online account.
Click on plus (+) of “My Transaction” link from the left tab. For this, you will be prompted to enter your IRCTC password once again.
Now, click on “Booked History” link.
You will see that the recently booked tickets details are displayed in the right tab.
Now, select your particular ticket for which you want to get “IRCTC confirmation SMS again”.
Finally click on “Get SMS” button (situated in the most left).
You are done now; you will soon get the IRCTC confirmation SMS again to your mobile number.

This way an IRCTC user can easily gets IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS once more.

By now you have known how to get ticket re-SMS from IRCTC. Hence, you don’t have to worry if the ticket confirmation SMS is undelivered at the time of e-ticket booking or somehow IRCTC SMS is mistakenly deleted from your cell-phone. You can re-receive IRCTC SMS to your mobile using the easy steps described above to re-get SMS from IRCTC.

Your feedback, comments, suggestion, etc. always help us to serve you better so do write your own views on re-receiving IRCTC ticket booking confirmation SMS

Locate Your Train Instantly with New Train Enquiry Site

Reduce Waiting Time by Tracking Train’s Exact Location | Arrival Time


Good News for Indian Railway passengers is arrived today. Appearance and browsing functionality of official train enquiry website i.e. www.TrainEnquiry.com to get train related information has been changed recently. The new look of the Train Enquiry website is more informative than that of its previous version. Now you can reduce your waiting time by tracking your train’s exact location and arrival time. You can try without hesitation new version of train enquiry website which helps you in locating your train just in seconds. This new version is up to date and rail passengers are able to get more accurate train running information. Latest version of TrainEnquiry website is currently being operated in beta mode (so that any errors, bugs, if found, would be resolved early) and it is assumed that ever waiting full-fledge working official release of the site would be made available in a few weeks. New look of TrainEnquiry.com is being welcomed by lots of rail users | passengers.

Necessity for Updating TrainEnquiry.com Website

By this time you all know it that currently TrainEnquiry.com is the official online interface for finding Indian Railway’s train related information such as online railway timetable for Indian Railways, running train time table, train arrivals, train departures, train late info etc. For its endeavors by the Indian Railways, earlier, Enhanced National Train Enquiry System (Indian Railways) has won National Award for e-Governance 2010-2011 for Innovative use of ICT by PSUs for customer’s benefits. But due to latest technological changes and growing internet users in India, customer’s expectations are increased to a great extent. Common people wanted simple, fast and better interface for knowing current train running information. So Indian Railway’s National Train Enquiry System (NTES) was to prepare itself for a new look and functionality of the TrainEnquiry.com website to meet the modern days requirements. So “National Train Enquiry System” is now more tuned to meet the needs of modern day’s Indian Railways hi-tech passengers and their expectations of the best online user interface. In this connection on 19-Oct-2011 simran.in was also launched to provide real time train running information for few important trains. And this time, Indian Railways, had made significant changes in its TrainEnquiry.com website for providing more informative result in just a few seconds.

Features of Newly-Arrived TrainEnquiry.com Site

I have visited new version of TrainEnquiry.com today itself and found more user friendly as it has many advanced features meeting today’s requirements, some of them are listed here,
Faster, convenient and easy to navigate.
Improved Search Capability – Remembering train numbers could become a thing in the past.
Information consistency – now much better insights into train | station related information.
Powered by more intelligent and robust train-timing prediction engine.
Personalization capabilities for fast reuse.
Reduced clutter associated with unwanted broadcasts/advertisements

Newly-Designed TrainEnquiry.com is Currently in Beta Phase

On opening the page at www.trainenquiry.com/searchtrain.aspx, it first says it that they are opening up this new version of TrainEnquiry.com for a limited Beta leading up to an official release in a few weeks. You have been selected by Indian Railways to get a first look at this newly designed site. The page further says it that, if you choose to accept this offer, this new version will be activated for your future visits to TrainEnquiry.com. 
With this beta release of site, it is expected that you should help the TrainEnquiry.com new version developers by submitting any errors | bugs | suggestions you would experience while using the site. You can send your feedback | comments | suggestions, if any, for the betterment of the new release of TrainEnquiry.com through feedback page of TrainEnquiry.com. 
You will have the option to switch back to the older version during the Beta phase. This clearly indicates it that the newly-designed TrainEnquiry website is now in beta phase and soon after completing the testing phase, the full release would definitely be made available for rail users.

How Latest TrainEnquiry.com Works

TrainEnquiry.com facilitates journeys by allowing passengers of Indian Railways to search and find information associated with the trains running across the country. Information such as train time table, live running status | position of a train, coach position etc. is available with a simple search.

Search for specific train

For searching any specific train you have to type one of the following in the search box:
5 Digit train number 
(e.g. 12589, 01493, etc.)
Train Name 
(e.g. Gitanjali, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai Rajdhani, etc.)
From and To Station Codes | Names 
(e.g. Raipur to Bilaspur, AK to NJP, etc.)
Intermediate Station Name 
(e.g. Mumbai to Allahabad to Howrah etc.)

Select the Appropriate Train

To see the details you are interested in, select the specific train by clicking on the highlighted box from the search results.

Select the exact train

Select the exact train to get more details based on:
Start date from the originating station,
The previous and next stops.

Current Train Status Details

TrainEnquiry.com will then fetch the following details about your train
Current Status of the Train 
(on-time, delayed, reached destination, etc)
Last location | updated time of the train
Next two stops and the Expected Time of Arrival (ETA)
Previous two stops and the departure time

TrainEnquiry.com on Tablets & Smart-Phones

This newly-arrived TrainEnquiry.com is accessible also through today’s devices like Tablet PCs and Smart-Phones.

Does TrainEnquiry.com provide Accurate Train Information

TrainEnquiry.com tries its best to provide us most accurate train related information but it is suggested to observe the following facts too:
Information provided through TrainEnquiry.com website is collected by CRIS in near real-time from all cross the country. The Expected Time of Arrival (ETA) is determined using predictive algorithms. The information is presented on best-effort basis.
While TrainEnquiry.com continually try to improve its reliability and accuracy, passengers are advised to verify the information from the concerned railway station or local, authorized railway sources, as necessary.
Please be aware that you are using a new version of TrainEnquiry.com, which is in beta testing phase. Therefore, you may also wish to consult the older version of TrainEnquiry.com.
If you believe that the information received through TrainEnquiry.com website did not meet the expectation of accuracy and reliability you have, please, provide feedback through the form available on the site. This would help TrainEnquiry.com serve you better.

RailYatri.in powers to New Version of TrainEnquiry.com

It is displayed in the New Version of TrainEnquiry.com site that it is powered by RailYatri.in- a website devoted to provide information on: 
enquiry about IRCTC and Indian Railways train reservation between important stations, fare, schedule, route information, etc.

Getting Running Train Status from 
old version of TrainEnquiry.com

If you still love to view train running status from old version of site, you can view the trick that I had written last year to find live train running information, view the trick here:
Live Train Running Status Train Enquiry Shortcut Trick for Indian Rail


Hoping you have now got much about newly launched TrainEnquiry website. I suggest you to view this new site of TrainEnquiry enabled with new features and send them feedback, if you think so. Sending feedback to site TrainEnquiry would be better for the rail passengers also to track their trains through TrainEnquiry.com’s upcoming releases.

So plan your journey after accessing real time train information online through newly-launched TrainEnquiry.com at www.trainenquiry.com/searchtrain.aspx
and 
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Train Running Status – Running Trains Information

Track Train Running Information – Running Status of Trains – Live Train Enquiry


Train running status is now ready at new version train enquiry site running presently in beta mode. To fulfill latest technological needs of train travelers, Indian railways recently made significant changes in train enquiry website. Ajax based train enquiry site enables you to search and view train running information quickly. Track train status any time at train enquiry.

Train Running Status at New Version Train Enquiry


Train running information is available at previous train enquiry website also for a long time and most rail passengers still love to view running train information from old site. However, some modern passengers access train running information with latest train enquiry site only because it is assumed that new site gives accurate train running status without any delay.

Easiest User Interface of Train Running Status Enquiry

The best thing about this site is that you don’t need to remember your train number or railway station codes. New train enquiry website has two tabs for searching and tracking train running information. The two tabs on train enquiry website are Trains and Stations. On the Trains tab visitor has options to enter in the search box – train number or train name or source or destination or a combination of these. However, in the search box of Stations tab user can enter either station name or station code. You can see it that when you start entering few characters of train name/number or railway station name/code the list below the search box is getting filled up with a list of trains or stations respectively. This is due to Ajax based latest search technique.

Advantages of New Version Train Running Information Site

Following are the notable advantages of new version train enquiry site for providing train running status:
Locate your train, in seconds.
Reduce your waiting time by tracking your train’s exact location and arrival time
Information such as train time table, live running status/position of a train, coach position, etc. is available with a simple search.
Train running information is shown with graphical train position.
To know train running status you don’t need to remember train name, stations name, train number, station code in full. Simply fill up the search box with few characters of train name, stations name, train number, station code, etc. The site automatically gives you list according to your search query to select appropriate train or station.
After you select the exact train, train running information site fetches various details about the train. Those are current status of the train (on-time, delayed, reached destination, etc.), last location updated time of the train, next two stops and expected time of arrival (ETA), previous two stops and departure time.
Equipped with more intelligent and robust train-timing prediction engine which give precise results.
This train running information site is also accessible through tablets and smart-phones.
Updates train running information in nearly real time.

How Does New Train Running Information Work

New edition of TrainEnquiry.com facilitates journeys by allowing passengers of Indian Railways to search and find information associated with the trains running across the country. Information such as train time table, live running status | position of a train, coach position etc. is available with a simple search.

Open Train Running Information Home Page

For making enquiry on current train running information you have to go to the URL: 
http://www.trainenquiry.com/searchtrain.aspx

Search for specific train

To search any specific train you have to type one of the following in search box:
5 Digit train number 
(e.g. 12402, 12589, 01493, 12952, etc.)
Train Name 
(e.g. Magadh, Gitanjali, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai Rajdhani, etc.)
From and To Station Codes | Names 
(e.g. Raipur to Bilaspur, AK to NJP, Bombay to New Delhi, etc.)
Intermediate Stations Name 
(e.g. Mumbai to Allahabad to Howrah etc.)

Select the Appropriate Train

To see the details you are interested in, select the specific train by clicking on the highlighted box from the search results.

Select the exact train

Select the exact train to get more details based on:
Start date from the originating station,
The previous and next stops.

Now Wait for Train Running Information

You can see the message before displaying train running information: “please wait while we fetch the information for the selected train...”

Current Train Running Status Details

TrainEnquiry.com will then fetch the following details about your train
Current Status of the Train 
(on-time, delayed, reached destination, etc)
Last location | updated time of the train
Next two stops and the Expected Time of Arrival (ETA)
Previous two stops and the departure time

So do check train running status online either on your smart-phone or computer with new version train running information and do share your views, write your comments, suggestions on, viewing train running information.

Get IRCTC SMS again if IRCTC ticket booking SMS failed Get IRCTC SMS Again if IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS Failed

IRCTC ticket booking SMS is still undelivered to your mobile! So you want to make IRCTC SMS resent by IRCTC. All right! Know it how to get IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS again if somehow SMS sent by IRCTC is not received to mobile.

           
 What is IRCTC Ticket Booking Confirmation SMS

After booking online rail ticket from IRCTC website, an IRCTC user gets ticket confirmation SMS from IRCTC. The SMS so sent to mobile number of IRCTC user contains important passenger information such as PNR, train number, date of journey, class type info, source & destination station codes, passenger name, coach number, seat number, fare amount, surcharge amount, etc. Due to IRCTC’s “go green” initiative, these days, IRCTC Ticket SMS may be used as e-ticket while traveling in train. So rail passengers also dont want to take a printout of IRCTC e-ticket instead they want to receive IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS in their mobile phone so that they can show that SMS whenever ticket checking staff in train asks them for the ticket.

Why Resending of IRCTC SMS is Needed

Since IRCTC SMS may also be treated as a replacement of PrintOut of e-Ticket. So people who booked IRCTC e-Ticket require confirmation message to retain in their mobiles. For various reasons resending of IRCTC SMS is needed, few of them are:-

 Due to mobile network problem, at times, IRCTC SMS is not delivered to the users mobile after                                                                                                                  the ticket booking process is completed.
 Since rail traveler can travel in train without e-ticket print out so resending of IRCTC SMS is necessary if the previous sent ticket confirmation SMS by IRCTC is lost any way.
Ticket confirmation SMS sent by IRCTC may be, sometimes, undelivered for some technical reasons also.
It is also possible that IRCTC users receive the ticket confirmation message after completion of e-ticket booking process by IRCTC but SMS got deleted accidentally or otherwise.
Some users want to get IRCTC SMS resent for checking if SMS resending facility is working correctly.
Besides above, there may be some other reasons also for getting IRCTC SMS again.

How to Get IRCTC SMS Again

IRCTC online user, who wants to get IRCTC SMS again for any e-ticket booked, have to follow these easy steps:
Log in to your IRCTC online account.
Click on plus (+) of “My Transaction” link from the left tab. For this, you will be prompted to enter your IRCTC password once again.
Now, click on “Booked History” link.
You will see that the recently booked tickets details are displayed in the right tab.
Now, select your particular ticket for which you want to get “IRCTC confirmation SMS again”.
Finally click on “Get SMS” button (situated in the most left).
You are done now; you will soon get the IRCTC confirmation SMS again to your mobile number.

This way an IRCTC user can easily gets IRCTC ticket confirmation SMS once more. 

By now you have known how to get ticket re-SMS from IRCTC. Hence, you don’t have to worry if the ticket confirmation SMS is undelivered at the time of e-ticket booking or somehow IRCTC SMS is mistakenly deleted from your cell-phone. You can re-receive IRCTC SMS to your mobile using the easy steps described above to re-get SMS from IRCTC

Your feedback, comments, suggestion, etc. always help us to serve you better so do write your own views on re-receiving IRCTC ticket booking confirmation SMS.