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To book an online train ticket, a passenger needs to be aware of the official website of E-ticketing IRCTC.com. IRCTC stands for Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation limited. All the websites requires a username and password for the booking of an E-ticket. If the passenger is using the website for the first time, then they can register themselves by filling username and password details and they will receive a confirmation mail. Or else if a passenger knows their username and password details then they just have to login on the website. The passenger will witness a dialogue box of Plan my travel.
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There the passenger needs to enter all the travelling details, like destination and time of travelling, to check the availability of trains on that particular date for that route. The passenger will be directed to a page of search details of all the trains.
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Then select the train and seats as per your convenience.
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Finally, click on the book button to finish the process.
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Then the passenger will be directed to the ticket reservation form. Fill in all the details of the passenger very clearly along with their registered mobile number to get all the travel related information.
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Enter the Captcha image shown and click on the GO button
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You will be directed to the payment gateway. In the payment option gateway, you can choose different payment options according to your convenience.
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And finally you will receive a confirmation page and SMS alert from the official website. Carry the document proofs you mentioned in the E-ticket form.
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