Railway Enquiry is an official communication department maintained by the Indian Railways. You can use the services to check the arrival/ departure time of your Indian Railway train.
You can check the status of your train by using following services provided by railway enquiry:
1. 131 Railway Enquiry from land line phones - All you need to do is dial 131 and you will be connected to an Interactive Voice Response System which will tell you about the status of your train/ reservation confirmation or changes if any.
2. SMS based Railway Enquiry - many telephone service provider now days offer railway enquiry via sending an SMS
3. Several Banks have also launched a notification system on their ATMs where travellers can check the statuses of their trains/ reservations.
WWW.IRCTC.CO.IN is the official Railway Ticket Reservation site of the Indian Railways. Now for those of you who have to book your ticket, make a railway enquiry or just check up on the trains, here is a guide that would help you working your way on WWW.IRCTC.CO.IN.
- Register as an individual. Registration is FREE.
- Login by entering your user name and password.
- The”Plan my travel and Book ticket”page appears.
- Use “HELP”option for any help required to book tickets.
- Select your train from the list that appears on the screen.
- If the From/To station selected by you are correctly in the route of the train then : Select i-Ticket option.
