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Indian Railway Cuts e-ticket Service Charges

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If you are buying your railway tickets online, here is a good news for you. Indian Railways has reduced the e-ticket service charges by Rs. 5 from July 1.

Previously, minimum charge of e-tickets for sleeper and second class was Rs 15 per ticket which has been now reduced to Rs. 10 per ticket. For air-conditioned classes, the charges have been dropped to Rs. 20 from Rs. 25 per ticket.

 

IRCTC is authorised to expand e-ticketing facility to outside agencies and has appointed over 8000 agents to book e-tickets. These agents include RTSAs, member of IATA and TAAI, petrol pumps of BP Copr Ltd, District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioners of State Governments, e-seva centers of Andhra Pradesh Government and e-pos through ICICI. (The Hindu)

 

Recently Indian Railways opened its first reservation centres in Nepal. Inaugurating the reservation office in the capital, Indian ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee said, "Now we don't have to depend on unreliable agents for ticket reservation." Yahoo News

 

Indian Railways as statistics reveal revenues of over Rs 700 crore through e-ticket sales in 2006-07 accounting for 30 per cent of India's online retail which stands at Rs 2,300 crore, according to Internet and Mobile Association of India.

 

No wonder Indian Railway is making tremendous profit. Way to go !! 

 

 


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    narsimha Goud
    Sir,

    I would like to know the railway fare from Sec'bad to Kulu Manali and from Sec Bad to Ooty and the avalability of seats by 15.04.2010.
    Plz reply me i am from remote area.

    Narsimha Goud
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    Surya Sharma
    Goodmorniong sir,
    i want to know the timing of traim from Gorakhpur on 17th or 18th.
    if ypu could please do it for me.
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    sonu_khan1@rediffmail.com
    dear railway charges batau
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    Surya Sharma
    HAn batao

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