How to Book and track your ticket online

In India, people often had to wait at the platforms for their trains to arrive and sometimes had to wait for many hours due to delay in arrival. There were only two ways to track the location of your train- one was the telephonic service and second was asking the concern person at the railway station. These both methods were frustrating because one has to face frequent disconnections during the call and going to the station just to know the status was very time consuming. After advancement in technology, Indian government introduced the services of booking or cancelling the ticket, checking the schedule of the train, tracking your train location and checking the status of your ticket. These services brought a revolutionary change in the railways, people can avail all these services sitting at home without any hassle. In this article, we will discuss on how you can book your ticket and track your location while sitting at home using internet and pc or mobile devices.

Steps on how to book ticket online:

·         The most popular train ticket booking site is IRCTC. You can easily book ticket here in four easy steps.

·         First step is to login into the website by using your id and password, if you do not have the id then you can create one by clicking on the sign up button.

·         Next step is to enter the destination and time, then click on the search train option. After that, you can choose the desired train and check the availability of the seats.

·         If the seat is available, then you can continue by clicking on the book now option. There you have to fill in the personal details and then click on pay now option.

·         Here you have to select the payment and make the payment to book your ticket.

Steps to track your train:

·         The first thing you need is a pc or a mobile device and an internet connection to connect to the rail services.

·         If you have booked a ticket, then it becomes very easy to spot the train. All you have to do is enter the number written on the ticket and track the location.

·         It’s not necessary to have a booked ticket to track your train, if you have the train number then also you can see the last station that the train crossed.

·         The other method to track train is by using the train schedule. You can see when the train crossed last location at what time.

·         The best and most accurate service is checking the live status of your train. You can check the exact the location of your train and if delayed by how much time it is delayed.

You can follow above steps to book your ticket and track your train easily by sitting at home. You can also cancel the ticket, check the PNR status of your ticket and also check the time table of the trains just using few simple clicks.