Railways offers train ticket reservation facility on mobiles

9 January 2012: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a PSU under Railway Ministry, has launched the service of booking e-ticket over the mobile phone. After booking, the passenger will receive a reservation message with full details of the ticket including PNR, train no, date of journey and class. The service was introduced on a pilot basis for a few and now the more than a thousand users are availing this facility everyday.

Hence, with the virtual message, passengers would not be required to take a print-out of e-ticket to be carried with them. Showing the reservation message of the confirmed ticket on their mobile during travel will be sufficient. Internet is required on mobile phones to book tickets through mobile. The passenger has to register at the time of first transaction and thereafter book the ticket using his ID and password.

Source: Economic Times