Saturday, October 25, 2008

Indian Railways

I was searching for a site which can provide current status of any train. And I got many sites which provide lot of information about trains in India. So here I am sharing all the information that I have gathered.

www.indianrail.gov.in/

This is most widely used site. Everybody knows about it. You can search train timings and availability but you cannot book tickets.
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www.irctc.co.in/

This is second most popular railway site. It provides all the facilities of first site and you can book tickets also on this site.
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http://www.cleartrip.com/trains

This is newly launched private site. It is very fast in comparison to above sites. And the interface is also very user friendly. It provides all the facilities as above sites.
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http://www.railticketonline.com/

Another site to book train tickets online.

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http://erail.in/

This is somewhat similar to the first site but has better interface. And it is fast also.
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http://www.trainenquiry.com/indexNS.aspx

This site provides some extra information like all the trains passing through a particular station, and usual platform numbers of all trains at some major station in all four zones. And the most important use of this site is, it tells u exact arrival and departure of any train at any station with exact delay(if any).
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www.railtourismindia.com/

Its a tourism site having information of railway tour packages and special tourist trains.
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http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/

It is official site which has railway programs, press releases, budgets etc. And of course trains related information is also available.
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http://www.konkanrailway.com/

This site is exclusively for Konkan Railway.
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http://www.southernrailway.org/

It is similar to first site. Just the URL is different.
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http://indian-railways.rediff.com/

Its a rediff site which provide search in railways database. And its very quick.
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http://www.indianrailwaytickets.net.in/

This site provides general information about procedures , rules and regulation, and all.
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Different ways to check the status of your PNR.

1. Use www.indianrail.gov.in/
2. Use
www.irctc.co.in/
3. Use http://erail.in/
4. Send an message using SMS on your mobile to
9-77-33-00000
To get PNR status of Indian Railways train ticket, enter your 10 digit pnr number (ex: 2342345587).
5. Add PNR Status google gadget in the Google desktop.
6. Use http://www.cleartrip.com/trains/pnr
7. Call 139 from land line or mobile for any railway inquiry.


I hope this information will be useful to many.

Thanks,
Manish

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