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Indian Railways allows passengers to book train tickets offline as well as online. Advance bookings are typically made available up to 120 days prior to the scheduled departure of the train, for all trains and classes. Here are key rules you should know about Indian Railways ticket reservations.

For facilitating last-minute change in plans of the passengers, the Indian Railways offers the option of transferring passenger ticket to one of their blood relations. As long as the passenger fulfils the official requirements within the stipulated deadline, such a transfer can be made easily.

IRCTC has launched a new service, under which the passengers can check the probability of their waitlisted ticket getting confirmed, while booking tickets online on the new IRCTC website or app. The facility is based on an algorithm developed by the CRIS. Here's all you need to know about it.

To facilitate last-minute reservations, the IRCTC offers online Tatkal ticket booking service. Such bookings open at 10 AM for AC classes, and 11 AM for non-AC classes, one day in advance of the actual date of journey. Here are some handy tips to help you get confirmed Tatkal ticket.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is lodged in a Ranchi jail in connection to fodder scam, will appear through video conference in the IRCTC case, a Delhi court ordered. He has been asked to appear before December 20. The order was given by Judge Arun Bharadwaj after he was informed about Lalu's ill-health.

The first indigenously built semi high-speed train is expected to roll out of Chennai's Integral Coach Factory (ICF) on Monday. The train named Train 18, because of the year it was built in, will run between Howrah and New Delhi. The engineless train is a result of 'Make In India' campaign.

IRCTC has launched a new service, under which the passengers can check the probability of their waitlisted ticket getting confirmed, while booking tickets online on the new IRCTC website or app. The facility is based on an algorithm developed by the CRIS. Here's all you need to know about it.

To facilitate last-minute reservations, the IRCTC offers online Tatkal ticket booking service. Such bookings open at 10 AM for AC classes, and 11 AM for non-AC classes, one day in advance of the actual date of journey. Here are some handy tips to help you get confirmed Tatkal ticket.

For facilitating last-minute reservations, IRCTC offers online Tatkal ticket bookings. Normally, IRCTC doesn't provide any refund of fare on cancelation of confirmed Tatkal tickets, except for certain circumstances. Here are 5 instances under which full refund against Tatkal tickets is granted.

In what comes as good news to Indian Railways passengers, various online e-wallet service providers like Paytm and PhonePe are offering discounts and cashback offers for booking railway tickets online, this festive season. Here are the details of discounts and how you can avail them.

The Indian Railways has come up with a number of at-station facilities to further ease the journey for its passengers. These services include free Wi-Fi access, E-bedroll, E-wheelchair, cab booking facility, renting of retiring rooms, and battery operated cars (on paid basis) at select stations.

IRCTC offers the service of online booking of tickets, which opens 120 days prior to the actual date of journey. Booked ticket status can either be waitlisted (WL), Reserved against Cancellation (RAC), or Confirmed. Here are all the rules you should know about IRCTC Waitlisted tickets.

The Indian Railways recently announced the 'Ramayana Yatra' travel package. The 11 nights-12 days long trip will cover the holy Hindu pilgrimage sites of Chitrakoot, Shringverpur, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Ayodhya, and Rameshwaram. Bookings can be done on IRCTC's official website, and regional counters.