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Adding to the existing service for Rail Reservation through mobiles using speech recognition, GPRS, CDMA technologies available on various mobile operators, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) today introduced the simple ways to book Railways tickets using just two SMS messages.
This service is being simultaneously introduced with the following Mobile operators across the Country.
1. IDEA Cellular – Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Andhara Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Delhi & NCR
2. MTNL / Delhi – Delhi & NCR.
3. Reliance infocomm – All circles
Other operators like BSNL, Hutch, MTNL, Mumbai, TATA Indicom are finalizing the integration with the IRCTC.
In order to book rail tickets using SMS, the following are a MUST:
1. The user needs to be registered with www.irctc.co.in and opted to use the mobile reservation services.
2. User should have created at lease one “Passenger List” in his profile registered with IRCTC. This list will be used for the SMS booking process
3. The customer has to be registered for the Mobile Banking services of ICICI Bank (This pilot service is being launched with one pay option and other banks are being added for user convenience)
4. The user must have a mobile connection with any of the operators listed above. More operators are also being added.
The entire process of “book ticket” can be done through two SMS messages, using IRCTC’s short code 7245.
BSC/HK/TR-133
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