Train Timings to Plan a Great Journey
Indian Railways is renowned for its service for more than a century. From the introduction of its official web portal, IRCTC, the passengers can manage and book their train tickets online. This has reduced the long queues in front of the railway reservation counters. The railway reservation is impossible without train timetable information. Hence, the IRCTC has designed a comprehensive railway timetable, which provides all information about the trains and their schedules. Apart from this, the train timings are available on other services like ticket booking facilities, PNR status checking, time schedules, and so on.
The passengers can access to train timings through BSNL, mobile GPRS services, call centers, IVRS automatic answering system, SMS, many more. The railways being the fourth largest network in the world, has a well organized, responsive online portal, IRCTC that fulfills all the travel needs of the passengers. The web portal not only provides information on train timings and schedules but also entertains tourists with tours, tour packages and luxury packages. It also helps with the cancellation of tickets in case of need. For long journeys, the passengers can book their menu and can avail other services like disability assistance service, which helps the tourist for an easy travel.
In order to facilitate the travelers, the railway has announcement counters in all railway counters that provide all real-time arrival and departure of trains passing through the station along with the platform number, train name and train number. In addition, the passengers can get formation from the digital electronic boards displayed in the railway stations. It displays the train timings, train number, train name, and platform number.
IRCTC has a well-managed and well-planned train timing schedules to meet the ever increasing travel needs of the people. You can plan your travel by checking the train calendar and the train seat availability three months before your scheduled travel if it is for a long journey. In case of short trips, it is advisable to book your tickets one month before the journey. The online facility enables you to check the status of your train on the date of journey through ‘Spot your train’ facility. If you wish to book a ticket, the first thing you have to do is to check the train timings and the seat availability by using the online facility available.
The train timings of all Indian railways arriving or departing from a station are mentioned at the respective stations and platforms for the convience of passengers. The Irctc allows passengers to not only book their tickets but also book hotels, tours and cabs all online with ease and with conformations too.
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