Booking E tickets online from Indian Railways

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 identity card as given during booking.

Your name must be on the reservation chart.

You must carry a platform ticket with him.

As yet this is a limited service but hopefully this will be extended as thing progress.
At present only confirmed / RAC tickets can be booked through e-Reservation,

For more info see here E-tickets http://www.indiantrains.org/

To book you'll have to register here Online Booking (tip : the online booking form demands a zip code and will only except a 6 digit Indian type pin code, make one up or copy from the net, it works no problem just a glitch in the booking form)

Important note
You will be treated as ticket less and not be authorized to board the train if your/ the passenger's name does not appear on the chart.
e-tickets will be available only for confirmed/ RAC tickets at this point of time.
If the status is WL (neither Confirmed nor RAC) at the time of booking, the ticket will not be booked.
A fine of Rs 50 on forgetting ERS

- harri