Seat Availability – Helping You Travel Comfortably
The agenda is available not only for trains but also for airlines and buses. But railway is the most widely chosen mode of transport for travel. The details available on website for ticket reservation, which gives complete information about each train and the possibility of securing a ticket which includes seat availability report, has resulted in sharp increase in the number of people booking tickets online. The facility even provides scope for people to cancel and check the status of their tickets.
Online bookings have replaced manual filling of forms, long queues, spending unlimited time on phone for enquiries, etc. Even today, information is available on phone, but the result online is faster. There are options of receiving the details through SMS on the mobile phone or through IVRS, which is a free enquiry system available 24 hours a day. The number is 139 for both. The official website of Indian Railways query is IRCTC.
The booking of First class AC trains is the most expensive and difficult to get. The pricing is equal to the fares charged by airlines and it can carry only 18 passengers, the coaches are carpeted, has a representative to aid the passengers and has private sleeping berths. It is only available on broad and meter gauge trains. The AC two-tier has berths with curtains. There are eight partitions and they normally have two to four berths.
The AC three-tier has 64 berths and this class is only available on broad gauge. The sleeper class berths are the most common coach on which bookings are made. The tickets are usually readily available in this class and it has the capacity of carrying 72 to 81 passengers. “Seaters” are those coaches that have bench-style seats and traveling is done by sitting. For journey in unreserved compartments, the booking is done 24 hours prior to the travel. Here, the entry to the train is ensured, but the seat is not guaranteed. This is the cheapest form of accommodation on trains.
Maintaining an account on an authorized site is the best way of making an enquiry. Queries are readily answered and the information is available to the public instantly. Once the desired booking is selected, the next step is making the payment. That can be made by credit card, debit card or direct bank transfer. As and when a cancellation is made, the reimbursement is directly made to the account. A minimal cancellation charge is also levied.
Indian Railways have made a major contribution towards the economy of India. They have made travel comfortable for the people of India with their easy-to-use website for enquiry of PNR status, access to seat availability details and connectivity of various trains to different locations in the country.
Most Indian long distance trains have many classes for the passengers to choose from like the First class, A/C coach, second class a/c and so on which makes it easier to get seat availability of their choice. All e-tickets, sms messages and tickets over the counter would have the train names, train numbers and train timings on them for the record of the passengers.
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