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Website. www .irctc .co .in. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC) is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the state-owned Indian Railways. It was established in 1999 by the Government of India and operated under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways.
with respect, the statement is incorrect, one cannot use foreign credit cards or debit cards, thru IRCTC or any of the 3 server 'agencies' (Yatra, Makemytrip or Cleartrip) to buy rail tickets.
1. Re: IRCTC India - Booking with an International Credit Card. First, when booking well in advance you should buy from the General Quota, don't waste valuable and limited FT places - someone may need them at short notice when all the General Quota has sold out, it may be the difference between catching their flight home and missing it.
Tatkal scheme. The Tatkal Scheme is a ticketing program established by Indian Railways. The scheme is used for booking journeys at very short notice. The Indian Railways introduced it in all forms of reserved classes on almost all trains in India. It was introduced in 1997, when Nitish Kumar was the Railway Minister of India. [1]
I have already registered with irctc. my current passport is valid till 12 feb 2018. We'll arrive in India on September 4th. As, apparently, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months, I think it's better not to take the risk and buy a new passport.
The Centre for Railway Information Systems ( CRIS) designs, develops, implements and maintains most of the important information systems of Indian Railways. It is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Railways. It is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. CRIS was established in 1986.
Some salient features. 1. International Users can book tickets under Foreign Tourist Quota upto 365 days in advance. 2. Available classes of travel under Foreign Tourist Quota are 1A, 2A and EC. 3. User has to provide valid Passport number at the time of booking tickets. Report inappropriate content.
IRCTC site is having issues from some countries as said by Rahul. You may want to get a local agent to arrange it. Raj at Train Ticket Please has good reviews on the pinned reviews thread, and he posts frequently on the forum too. You may want to have a talk with him, since other option is limited at the moment.