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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 Ticket Refund Rules : Important subsidiary rules for refund 1.No Refund on tickets upto the value of clerkage charge :In all cases where the fare collected is less than or equal to clerkage charge, no refund is admissible on cancellation or surrender of tickets. 2.No refund on break journey on Rajdhani/Shatabadi tickets: Since the fares for Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains are on point-to-point basis, break journey on tickets for these trains is not permissible and, therefore, no refund is admissible on these partially used tickets. 3.Refund for less number of passengers travelling on combined ticket (i)In cases where it is known before the commencement of the journey that less number of passengers will be travelling, the original combined ticket is collected at the starting station and a free EFT issued for the remaining passengers. Refund for the number of passengers not travelling, is granted at the station itself after deducting the usual cancellation charge. (ii)The parties wh...