TIP: How to Book Indian Railway Ticket using SMS : IRCTC sms booking

Now, booking your tickets are just few click away from your hands. Now, India’s Rail passengers can now book their tickets through SMS.

Railway Ministry launched the SMS-based ticketing system. The SMS system is likely to come handy and easy to use for people who do not have access to Internet or smartphones as tickets can be booked from non-Internet-enabled phones too.

Now a simple question arises how to make the benefit of this service:

1. Booking tickets through sms on 139*:

Registration:

• First, you need to do is register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with your bank.

• Bank provides MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) & OTP (one time password) for authorization of payment. (More than 25 banks are providing this facility.

Booking Flow

• Send SMS, in the following syntax, to 139

BOOK <M/F>

• You will receive Transaction ID alongwith other details.
• Make payment through sending an SMS, in the following syntax, to 139
PAY <OTP, your one time password received for this transaction> and your ticket is booked.

• Service is available to all mobile subscribers.

• SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMSes are required for each booking).

• PG charges Rs 5/- for ticket amount Rs 5000/- (as applicable by bank).

• Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable


2. SMS based banking through 5676714* :

Register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as with m-wallet • Send SMS, to 5676717, in the following syntax START for user authentication (first time only)

Booking Flow
• Send an SMS to 5676714 to book a ticket in the following syntax:
BOOK,, , ,,
,,<M/F>
• You will receive the Transaction number.
• Send the 2nd SMS, for payment, in the following syntax.
1. “PAY , MPAY, ” for authorizing payment through MPAY
or
2. “PAY,” for authorizing payment through IMPS.

• After payment is made booking confirmation is sent to your mobile.
• Charges: No PG Charges. Agent / IRCTC Service Charges: As applicable. SMSes @ Rs 3/- per SMS (2 SMS's are required for each booking).


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Thanks for sharing such useful information it will be very helpful for us and for all the etians. I think you made it very clear how to register and book your tickets through sms.

thanks

Thanks Anand for sharing all details.
How to register mobile with IRCTC , can it be done from their site and what steps we need to follow for registeration with bank ?

This is very innovative method used by Indian Railways. And thanks Anand Mohan to share the information in detail with us. :)