Friends,
The Ministry of Indian Railways has started a very good facility for its passengers to Book their Tickets through Mobile SMS Service. With the help of this service, passengers can Book Tickets within minutes. If you don't have a internet connection, no need to panic, now just use your basic mobile phone to Book your Ticket. After booking the ticket, the user will get ticket details on SMS instantly. The users have no need to take printout of this ticket. Just visit with your mobile in which you have received SMS with a valid ID in original. The service has been started w.e.f. 28th of June 2013. Ticket booking through non-internet based mobile, introduced as a pilot project by Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, will also help Railways in overcoming the menace of touting whereby unsuspecting people are fleeced by such elements. This will particularly be useful for labourers and workers staying away from their home and who have to book tickets for travel to their native place. The details How you can Book Your Ticket by SMS are as under :
Book your ticket through USSD:
USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) based booking for Airtel subscribers
Registration
- Register for Airtel money by dialing *400#.
- Load cash on this or recharge from any Airtel money outlet.
- Dial *400# and select book tickets option.
- Select Reservation.
- Enter your IRCTC User ID.
- Enter the details of ticket (station, train no. date of journey, class etc.).
- Enter mPIN for authorizing payment.
- Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC and same can be used during journey along with valid ID proof.
- Fare & IRCTC service charges are debited from your Airtel money account.
- Charges: No PG Charges.
Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable
Helpline No.: 121
Helpline Email : 121@airtelmoney.in
Book your ticket through SMS:
1. SMS based booking through 139*
Registration
- Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with your bank.
- Bank provides MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) & OTP (one time password) for authorization of payment. (More than 25 banks are providing this facility. For details, visit website: http://www.npci.org.in/bankmember.aspx.)
Booking Flow
- Send SMS, in the following syntax, to 139
BOOK <TrainNo><FromStn.Code><ToStn.Code> <TravelDate (DDMM)><Class><Passenger-Name><Age><M/F>
- You will receive Transaction ID alongwith other details.
- Make payment through sending an SMS, in the following syntax, to 139
PAY <Transaction ID as received><IMPS><Your MMID as received from the bank><OTP, your one time password received for this transaction><IRCTCUserID> and your ticket is booked.
- Service is available to all mobile subscribers.
- SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking).
- PG charges Rs 5/- for ticket amount <Rs 5000/ and Rs 10/- for ticket amount > Rs 5000/- (as applicable by bank).
Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable
Helpline No.: 139
Helpline Email : smsticket139@bharatbpo.in
2. SMS based booking through 5676714*
Registration
Send SMS, to 5676717, in the following syntax
START <irctc user Id> for user authentication (For first time only)
Booking Flow
- Send an SMS to 5676714 to book a ticket in the following syntax:
BOOK <From stn.code>,<to stn.code>, <DDMMYY>, <Trainno>,<Class>, <passenger name>,<age>, <M/F>
- You will receive the Transaction number.
- Send the 2nd SMS, for payment, in the following syntax.
"PAY <transaction no>, MPAY, <m-PIN>” for authorizing payment through MPAY OR
“PAY <mobileno>,<mmid>,<amount>, <transaction Id>,<OTP>” for authorizing payment through IMPS.
- After payment is made booking confirmation is sent to your mobile.
- Charges: No PG Charges. Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable. SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking).
Helpline No. : 8882001001
Helpline Email : support@saarthii.com
3. SMS based booking through BSNL*
User should have the following:
- BSNL SIM card installed.
- Java enabled mobile phone.
- Andhra Bank Prepaid card.
This is a menu driven application where user has to enter the details asked for in simple step-by-step process to get the ticket.
Registration
- Install the application.
- Select the Register option to get the mPIN.
Booking
- Click the icon BSNL Prepaid Card
- Select Ticketing > Train (IRCTC)
- Fill up the journey details such as From stn, To Stn, Train No, DOJ, Class, Quota, passenger details.
- Enter the mPIN to get the ticket information.
- Charges: No PG Charges. Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable. SMSes without charges.
Helpline No. : +91-8801298038
Helpline Email : bsnl.support@pyrogroup.com
