IRCTC train ticket booking online: How to book a general and reservation train ticket online

Indian Railway, IRCTC Train Ticket Booking Online Rules and Charges: Long queues at the railway booking counters are now a thing of the past. With the advent of technology, people now have the privilege to book tickets from wherever they are. The facility was first introduced for reserving a seat in the trains. And now, with UTS App, one can avail the benefit for general train tickets too.

Indian Railway, IRCTC Train Ticket Booking Online Rules and Charges: Long queues at the railway booking counters are now a thing of the past. With the advent of technology, people now have the privilege to book tickets from wherever they are. The facility was first introduced for reserving a seat in the trains. And now, with UTS App, one can avail the benefit for general train tickets too.

To book tickets on (Unreserved Ticketing Service (UTS) App

-Download the free ‘UTS on mobile’ App through Google/Windows/Apple app stores

-Register as an individual by providing his/her mobile number and password

-After successful registration, a zero-balance R-Wallet account will be activated

-Recharge the R-wallet using your debit card

-Log in using user id and password

-Select ‘Book Ticket’ option

-Select from among the options of platform ticket, quick booking, normal booking and season ticket

-To book a ticket for any station within 2km, select ‘Normal Booking’

-Select source station and destination from the drop-down menu

-Select passenger type, ticket type, class, train type and payment type

-Click on ‘Book Ticket’

To reserve train seats on Indian Railways website

-Log on to https://www.irctc.co.in/eticketing/userSignUp.jsf

-Register as an individual on IRCTC website. Registration is FREE

-Login by entering your user name and password

-The ‘Plan my travel’ page appears

-Select From/To station

-Select e-Ticket option

-To find train list, click on ‘Submit’ option

-The ‘List of Trains’ show the number of trains available for that route

-If you wish to know the route and the timings, click on the train name under the ‘List of Trains’ option

-To get the fare, click on class available in the selected train under ‘List of Trains’. It will show fare according to type of class selected. The fare appearing is for a single adult Passenger and the service charges charged by IRCTC

-To select the train from the train list, click on the type of class available in the selected train

-If you will click on the class in the train list then it will show the train details with availability

-To book tickets, click on ‘Book Now’ button under availability option

-If you wish to select other train, click on “RESET” button

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