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Timings of Secunderabad - Bidar Express Revised Timings of Train No. 17010 Secunderabad–Bidar Express train will be revised with effect from 20th September, 2013. Accordingly, Train No. 17010 Secunderabad – Bidar Express will depart Secunderabad at 18 30 hrs (instead of 17 30 hrs), depart Begumpet at 18 41 hrs, Sanathnagar at 18 46 hrs, Lingampalli at 19 00 hrs, Shankarpalli at 19 17 hrs, depart Vikarabad at 20 30 hrs, depart Kohir at 21 25 hrs, Zahirabad at 21 35 hrs and arrive Bidar at 22 30 hrs o­n the same day (instead of 21 15 hrs). There is no change in the timings of Train No. 17009 Bidar – Hyderabad Express.

Centre for Railway Information Systems Launches New Enhanced Interface for Train Enquiry Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the IT wing of Indian Railways, has developed an enhanced new interface for the www.trainenquiry.comfor dissemination of information to public. National Train Enquiry System (NTES) developed by CRIS is the backend system which collects information about train running on near real time basis and disseminates information through various interfaces like nationwide unique number 139, Website (www.trainenquiry.com), face to face enquiry, mobile interfaces etc. The new interface is accessible through www.trainenquiry.com or www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in. The new interface for the website was made public for past one week as field trial to get users’ feedback. The new interface, which offers quick and easy access to essential information for passengers, has been largely appreciated for its speed, simple interface and richness of information and smooth user...

Ministry of Railways Book Your Train Reservation Ticket While on Move through Mobile Phone No Need to Carry Ticket Print-Out, Mere Display of Message on Mobile is Sufficient during Travel To bring further convenience to the rail users, Indian Railways through Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Railway, has been offering the service of booking e-ticket over the mobile phone. After initial registration and downloading of suitable software on the mobile handset with internet facility, it will be quite easy for the mobile users to book a reserve ticket through their own mobile. After booking, the passenger will receive a reservation message with full details of the ticket including PNR, Train No, date of journey, class etc. This virtual message would be treated at par with the print-out of the e-ticket which at present is taken out by the passengers and is known as Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS).  Hence, wi...

Train Fare Hike 2013 : Difference in Fare to be paid in train to Checking Staff also... Revision of Train Fare : Revision of Train Passenger Fare effective from 22nd January, 2013. The passengers are advised to pay the difference of the ticket fare to the nearest reservation office or special counter opened at major railway stations... The Southern Railway official press release said, the Ministry of Railways have decided to revise passenger fares with effect from 22nd January 2013.  As such, in the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fare and other charges have to be paid by the public. The public are requested to contact the nearest Reservation Office/designated counter in the reservation office or special counter opened at major stations and pay the difference of fare, well in advance of their journey, duly tendering exact change in order to ensure transaction.  In case they are unable to do so, they may pay the difference in fare to...

Money debited from cards, but train ticket not booked… It is sometimes happened to everybody, what will be next… IRCTC has now clarified for this issue… Money debited but ticket not booked The online payment at IRCTC involves complex system of technical and telecommunication networking integration between customer’s Internet bandwidth, IT system of banks and payment gateways and is dependent on internet connectivity across various constituents. Any failure or delay in this complex network may cause transaction failure before completion. This can raise the situation of money debited from the account but ticket not booked with the following possibilities: S.No. Status in “My Transactions” Cause Action by IRCTC Action by Bank 1 Payment Settled but Ticket Not Booked Passenger opted for particular berth at the time of booking and ticket not booked due to choice of Berth not available. Other reasons such as network failures etc. Amount is credited back on next day to t...

Pension Pay Orders(PPO), CGHS Cards has now accepted as ‘Photo ID’ for Tatkal Booking Some of the permissible photo Id cards under the term "photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government". Scope of the term "photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government" permissible under the scheme is very wide and it covers a large number of photo identity cards, some of which are as under: . Pension Pay Orders(PPO) Ration Card with photographs Senior citizen cards Below Poverty (BPL) cards ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.

Revised timing for booking Tatkal Tickets from 19.7.2012 One more good decision taken by Railways… Due to avoid booking from agents and touts, the Indian Railways has now changed the booking timing for Tatkal tickets from 19th July, 2012. Indian Railways have been regularly monitoring the activities of the agents, touts. On a average of around 15 lakh train tickets are being sold through 8838 passenger reservation ticket counters and the e-ticketing website through IRCTC, out of which the Tatkal tickets constitutes around 1.70 lakh. As per the amendment in the Tatkal scheme, booking will start only at 10 A.M. instead of 8 A.M. For example, if a train is to depart from the originating station on the 2nd of the month, the Tatkal quota booking both through Internet (IRCTC Website) and reservation counters for that particular train shall open at 1000 hours on the 1st of the month. In addition, it has also been decided that no authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and RTSAs/RTAs will...