Monday, July 1, 2013

IRCTC SMS TICKET BOOKING - BOOK YOUR INDIAN RAILWAYS TICKETS THROUGH SMS, HOW TO BOOK ENQUIRY CANCEL STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE

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Indian Railways Catering And Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has started booking Railway tickets with the help of SMS. You can also enquiry the seat availability and fare for a particular train in a particular class. 
                Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge launched the facility of Booking of train tickets with the help of SMS. 80 percent of population of India owns mobile phones, but how many of them are using internet connections in their mobile & how many of them are having a smart phone to book an e ticket? Out of 80 percent only 10 percent mobiles access internet connection. The online booking through IRCTC has now grown up to about 45 per cent of total reserved tickets. 

                The main motive under which IRCTC stated SMS based booking Indian railways ticket is for common man who does not have access to internet and cannot afford to buy smart phones. Railway Minister said this service will be useful for the labourers those who are staying away from homes, this service will convenient as well as cost-effective and they will not have to travel to booking counters and wait in the queue for the entire day & forgo a day’s earnings. The SMS scheme will not be available during 8 am-12 pm for booking ARP/tatkal/general tickets.

Why IRCTC SMS booking?

                With the help of Indian Railways SMS based Reservation System passengers can easily book their tickets with the help of two, three messages. With the help of this facility of Indian Railways passengers need  not to wait hours in queue or waiting to book an E-ticket through the irctc.co.in after facing a lots of internet traffic, now passengers can easily do Rail ticket booking though SMS. Almost all passengers would have faced Internet problems, server problems, network problems, various error messages while booking an E-ticket through Indian Railways due to huge numbers of traffic.

How to book tickets with IRCTC using Mobile SMS service ? 

Presently there are 2 ways to book IRCTC tickets using your mobile
1.  SMS based booking
A.      Book by sending SMS at 139.
B.      Book by sending SMS at 5676714.
C.      Book by installing BSNL PrePaid Card Application in your Java based phone.

2. USSD (Menu-based dialling)
       USSD Services are currently offered by:- Airtel Money


Airtel subscribers Dial *400# on their mobiles.
  1. Dial designated number, you shall receive a Menu Based Screen dialing. Select 'book tickets' option, select 'reservation' (user is prompted to enter his IRCTC user ID once only), enter details     (date of journey, station, train no, class, etc)
  2. Enter mPIN for authorizing payment through mobile wallet
  3. Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC
What is the step by step procedure to book railway ticket through SMS 

  • ·         Register your Mobile number with your bank, then bank will provide you your MMID ( Mobile Money Identified) & OTP ( One Time Password )
  • ·         After getting the MMID & OTP you can book your IRCTC SMS tickets with the help of SMS by sending it to 139 or 5676714. For booking you need to type SMS with all your travel details like train number, date of journey, boarding station and destination and Class of travel, besides name, age and gender of the passenger then you have to send this to 139 or 5676714.
  • ·         After sending the SMS to the  IRCTC the passenger will get the transaction ID from the IRCTC then he have to reply the SMS with PAY followed by the transaction ID and the bank password (OTP)
  • ·         After this you will get the confirmation message and the ticket amount will be deducted from your bank account.
  • ·         Then transaction a message will be sent to the user by IRCTC which will be sufficient as the valid travel document along with photo ID card in original.
What are the keywords need to be followed 

STEP-1: Send below SMS with Journey & Passenger Information to 139.
Type <BOOK> <Train No.> <From City> <ToCity> <TravelDate(DDMM)> <Class> <Passenger1-Name> <Age> <Gender> <Passenger2-Name> <Age> <Gender> (Upto 6 Passengers) and send message to 139.

For Example:
BOOK 12839 BBS MAS 0107 SL Papun 23 M Angel 30 F 

If the format sent is valid, you would receive a response message from 139 that look alike:
Trans Id: 42008426 Ticket Amount: 475 IRCTC SC: 33.36 Total Amount: 44.64

Seat: AVAILABLE -0095. For Payment SMS PAY <42008426 > IMPS <MMID> <OTP> IRCTCUserID to 139 to book ticket.

STEP-2: For payment, Send SMS with below syntax to 139.

PAY <Transaction ID as received> <IMPS as received from bank> <OTP as received from bank for this transaction> <IRCTCUserID>

For Example:

PAY 42008426 IMPS 98453672 453289 Papun

Confirm message will be received from 139 on successful booking of the ticket.

For Example:

Your ticket booked successfully: PNR is: 1234543215 Ticket No: 1787646424 Booking Status: Papun CONFIRM S2 49 Angel CONFIRM S2 50 Ticket Amt: 475 SC: 44.64 Src: Bhubaneswar Dst: Khurdha Date of Journey: 01/07/2013 Sch Dep 06:20 hrs

What is the IMPS & MMID required for IRCTC SMS booking of tickets.

      At present Interbank Mobile Payment System (IMPS) is required for the user to avail the facility of SMS booking along with the Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) for making payment through mobile. MMID is the seven digit random number which bank will provide to the user.  You can get your MMID by visiting your branch else you can register your mobile number with this in your ATM with your ATM card. MMID generation is a single click process available with more than 26 Indian Banks covering over 90% of the total banking subscriber base. The banks for the same are listed at  http://www.npci.org.in/bankmember.aspx

Is it safe to do the monetary transaction through SMS using MMID & OTP ?

Yes, it is. Payment through mobile phones was still evolving and banks are working on providing a safe, secured and quick payment mechanism. You need to keep your MMID & OTP (One Time Password) personal.
Whether any  print out is required in IRCTC's SMS based ticket booking?

No, after the transaction the message which the user will receive will be sufficient for travel with valid identity card. No print out is required with IRCTC SMS ticket booking.

What is the charge for booking train tickets with IRCTC SMS booking service?
 The service is available to all mobile subscribers and Rs 3 is being charged per SMS and payment gateway charges are Rs 5 for ticket amount up to Rs 5,000 and Rs 10 for more than Rs 5,000.

How to cancel the IRCTC SMS based ticket?
Registered IRCTC users can now cancel the railway tickets booked by them through SMS earlier by a simple two step process.

 The Entire ticket needs to be cancelled:

STEP 1: An SMS to be sent to 139 from your registered mobile to request for cancellation of the ticket. SMS format as follow:

CAN <10 Digit PNR> <IRCTC UserID>
For Example:
CAN 2345678901 Papun

After submission of the above SMS, a message would be received from 139. The text of the same is mentioned below.
“We have received your request to cancel your PNR Number 2345678901. Please confirm the cancellation by sending YES to 139.”


STEP 2: After receipt of the above message, the user needs to confirm the cancellation

by sending an SMS as “YES” to 139.
After submission of the above SMS, a message would be received from 139. The text of the same is mentioned below.

“Your ticket for passenger <Passenger1 Name> <Passenger2 Name> with PNR Number: 2345678901 is cancelled. Refund Amount: 800 only.”


CASE 2: The ticket needs to be partially cancelled.

STEP 1: An SMS to be sent to 139 from your registered mobile to request for initiating a partial cancellation of the ticket so booked by you earlier. Format of the SMS:
CAN <10 Digit PNR> <IRCTCUserID> <Passenger Number>
For Example:
CAN 2345678901 papun 12(Upto 6)


STEP 2: After receipt of the above message, the user needs to confirm the cancellation by sending SMS as “YES” to 139.

After submission of the above SMS, a message would be received from 139. The text of the same is mentioned below:
“Your ticket for passenger <Passenger1 Name> <Passenger2 Name> with PNR Number: 2345678901 is cancelled. Refund Amount: 800 only.”  
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