Published 22:32 IST, September 19th 2019

IRCTC ticket booking: Steps for pre-booking and cancellation, online

IRCTC ticket booking has now become very easy. Read more to know steps for pre-booking and cancellation for a ticket online or through a mobile application

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Booking your tickets while sitting at home is made simpler thanks to  Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). You can w book your train tickets from your mobile phone, in just a few minutes. You can use IRCTC website or application software (app), to do so. first and foremost thing is to download application on mobile handset. This mobile application is working on most of GPRS/browser-based mobile smart-phones; right from basic models to high-end ones.

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Steps for booking railway reserved ticket on IRCTC application from mobile phone

  • first step is to log in to URL ‘irctc.co.in/mobile’ with IRCTC user id and password ( if it exists) or download IRCTC application.
  • After logging in, click on ‘Plan my Journey’ under option for ‘Train Ticketing’.
  • n, select date of your journey, train and continue with booking.
  • You will find two options- use existing passenger list and add passengers. Select add passengers.
  • Furrmore, just confirm booking details and make payment with credit card/debit card/ UPI/paytm, etc.
  • After you’re done booking ticket, you will receive a reservation mess that contains full details of ticket. ticket you receive will include your PNR, train number, date of journey, class, etc. During travelling, mess of confirmed ticket received on your mobile phone should be eugh to be counted as a sufficient ticket.

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How to cancel a pre-booked ticket?

pre-booked tickets can be cancelled anytime before time-chart arrives. In a situation like this, some amount will be refunded to same account you used to book tickets online. re are three possibilities of ticket cancellation. y are as follows-

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  • If you cancel online ticket before 48 hours of trains’ scheduled arrival time, a straight cancellation charge will be deducted at Rs. 240 for AC executive/first class, Rs. 200 for AC 2 tier/first class, Rs.180 for AC chair car/ AC 3 tier/ AC 3 ecomy, Rs.120 for sleeper class and Rs. 60 for second class.
  • If you want to cancel a confirmed ticket before 48-12 hours of scheduled departure time of train, a cancellation charge of 25% will be deducted.
  • If you want to cancel your ticket between 12-4 hours before scheduled departure time of train, a cancellation charge of 50% of original fare will be deducted.

15:06 IST, September 19th 2019