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The Indian Railways will resume train bookings through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) from today, almost two months after its services were suspended in view of coronavirus lockdown . During the lockdown period, Railways has so far operated its freight services to transport essential goods across the country and ‘Shramik Special’ trains to ferry stranded migrant workers to their home states. Railways is planning to gradually restart passenger train operations from tomorrow, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys.) These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad, and Jammu Tawi. Read More

The Indian Railway ’s ticketing portal has filed a complaint against a fake website selling tourism packages in its name and even has a copycat digital assistant. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has warned the website (www.irctctour.com) is duping people with fraudulent transactions. "The tourism portal is the website of IRCTC where the various tour packages and services of IRCTC are displayed," says the fake website, which copies the design and features of the genuine portal. IRCTC sent an email to its registered users and even had put up a message on its portal about the fake website. irctctour.comThe tourism portal is the website of IRCTC where the various tour packages and services of IRCTC, says the fake website. IRCTC is the only entity authorised by the Indian Railways to provide online railway tickets, catering services to railways and packaged drinking water at railway stations and in trains. It is the world's second-bu...

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay , a step which will help promote government's Digital India initiative. A statement from the railways' catering and ticketing arm said the exclusive digital payment gateway will provide an improved online digital payment convenience and ease of doing business to passengers availing online travel related services through the IRCTC website. "With the launch of IRCTC iPay, the passengers will not need any third-party platforms as the IRCTC iPay provides payment options like credit card, debit card, UPI Unified Payment Interface, International Card. The option of IRCTC prepaid card cum wallet, auto debit shall also be available shortly," the statement said. Under this new arrangement, IRCTC will have full control of the payment system because of its direct relationship with acquiring banks, card networks and other partners. "This will ...

Each coach comes with two AC bedroom, a dining-cum-hall and a kitchen; but the ride is expensive, at 18 times the first-class fare Current Affairs News : Long-distance rail travel needn't always be a drag on your body and nerves anymore. This is because the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering a luxurious ride to the 'aam aadmi', with the recent launch of swanky saloon coaches. Earlier, the saloon cars were reserved for the railway officials. Luxury coaches, Indian coaches, Indian railways Photo: Indian RailwaysWhat is a saloon coach? It's a specially designed rail coach with two air-conditioned spacious bedrooms with attached bath, a dining-cum-hall and a kitchen. The first saloon car service facility had been availed by the six customers of a private tour company. The coaches were attached to the Jammu Mail at the Old Delhi Railway Station. “This will be an all-inclusive tour where guests will be offered all the c...