IRCTC ticket booking made easy: How to book train tickets using Google Pay without IRCTC app or website

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) is on a constant quest to improve its online ticket booking experience for users and its website has come a long way since its early days. Despite having its app and website presence, users often complain that IRCTC's online ticket booking system is slow and at times inaccessible to users due to various reasons. Most of recent IRCTC app ratings and reviews we re on Google Play Store were primarily about poor experience users sometimes have to face while booking train tickets online. See screenshot below:

w, Google Pay UPI payment app is making IRCTC's online train ticket booking experience easier! All you need is IRCTC account active Google Pay account! We show you how to purchase train tickets using Google pay without IRCTC app or website.

If you are a new user, sign-up for IRCTC

In case you don't have an IRCTC account, we recommend you should first sign up for an IRCTC individual account by submitting all necessary details on IRCTC website and n come back here later. Go to IRCTC website, fill in details and you are done! But reason you might want to kw how to book train tickets on Google Pay without IRCTC app or website is itself an indication that you probably have an IRCTC account and you might be looking for an alternative to tritional online train ticket booking using IRCTC app or website.

How to book IRCTC train tickets on Google Pay

w, install Google Pay (previously Google Tez) on your smartphone and register yourself on Google Pay to be able to send and receive money over UPI. Once you have successfully registered with Google Pay, follow steps below:

Open Google Pay app on your smartphone, scroll down and locate option called 'Trains.' Tap button 'Book train tickets.'

w, enter your 'source' and 'destination' railway stations to search for trains — select departure date and Quota.

Select your preferred train from list. w, choose your train's preferred class (SL, 2A, 3A etc.) w comes important part.

You have to enter your valid IRCTC account username.

Fill in passenger details like name, , , birth preference, etc. You can d multiple passengers. Tap 'Continue.'

Review your trip. You can edit information you have provided so far on this p. Tap 'Continue.'

w, tap option 'Proceed to Pay.' Interestingly, it also lets users pay using or UPI payment app. By default, Google Pay app redirected me to WhatsApp Payments option, presumably because I h WhatsApp installed on my phone.

Enter your UPI pin and voila! That's it! You will receive a ticket booking confirmation on mobile number you provided.