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Why do I get a list of unrelated station names when I type in a part of a station's name on the ticket availability form?
For instance when I type che to get a list of stations in Chennai, I get a whole bunch of unrelated stations like: ANCHELI, BACHELI, BETAMCHERLA, CHANGANASERI, etc.
HAND IT to the Indian Railways to come up with newer concepts to woo budget airline travelers. The brains of the bosses of Rail Bhavan must be working overtime – after all, the Railway Minister lectures in the IIM's.
THE LATEST in train travel is the train hostesses, which is slated to become a reality by September in the Indian Railways. The hostesses would be smartly attired damsels in blue trousers, white shirts, and blazers who will bring to the tired traveler his choicest dishes as h...
| Category: Others | Thursday, 4 September 2008 12:59:28 |
HAND IT to the Indian Railways to come up with newer concepts to woo budget airline travelers. The brains of the bosses of Rail Bhavan must be working overtime – after all, the Railway Minister lectures in the IIM's.
THE LATEST in train travel is the train hostesses, which is slated to become a reality by September in the Indian Railways. The hostesses would be smartly attired damsels in blue trousers, white shirts, and blazers who will bring to the tired traveler his choicest dishes as h...
| Category: Others | Thursday, 4 September 2008 12:58:14 |
India is known to have one of the biggest railway systems in the existence. Indian railway is known to embody the greatest train net inside the domestic territory of Republic India extending immense distance of 63000 kilometers. Railway cover is assembled between 7000 railways posts turned up inside the boundary from Indian domestic district getting across each nine districts of the nation. Indian railroad line comprises to personify the existent way of transport to ambit single location to anot...
Your can check the train schedule by entering the train number or train name. You can search by the train name and number by entering the few words of the train name or number. The train route will display the route of the stations and the scheduled day of running. It will give the arrival time and departure time according to the route. You can also find your route to reach the destination quickly.
To know more details you can check the train route by visiting www.indiantrains.org/train...
| Category: Routes | Wednesday, 3 September 2008 12:26:44 |
Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s second largest under one management. Indian Railway employs more than 1.6 million and holds again the distinction of the largest employer in the country. Indian Railways runs around 11,000 trains everyday, of which 7,000 are passenger trains
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For administrative purposes Indian Railways is divided into 16 zones. They are:
1. Central Railway
2. Western Railway
3. Eastern Railway
4. South East ...
How to book?
Indian railways now has an e ticketing facility. Book your ticket, pay using Visa or Master card and simply print the ticket or ERS (Electronic Reservation slip) on your own computer.
Carry it with you along with your stated ID and you're on the train!!
IR accepts the following as valid ID
Voter Identity Card
Passport
PAN card
Driving License
Central/ state Govt issued Photo ID card.
When you are traveling
You must carry the proper ident...
Indian railways are going to introduce a new service which you can book your tickets through mobile.
Booking Indian Railways Tickets Online is generally not recommended because most of the times the Indian railways website goes down and the customers lose their money because the payment gateway approves the funds and while transferring the data from their end to the railways website, the connection gets cut. This has happened to me twice while i used once my ICICI Gold Credit card and second time i used ICICI Direct Bank Payment, both the times the transactions failed because the connection cou...
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