E-Tickets through Mobile Phone

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, has launched the scheme for booking Railway e-tickets through mobile phone through its website i.e. irctc.co.in/mobile. The broad features of the schemes are as follow:- 

o Users can use their existing IRCTC user ID and password. 

o After booking tickets through the mobile phones, users receive a reservation message with the ticket details. 

o The service charges of IRCTC are similar to e-tickets i.e. Rs. 

10/- per ticket for second/sleeper class and Rs. 20/- per ticket for all other classes. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. 

Source : PIB dtd 22/03/2012,sapost