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Great Complimentary Gifts Every Week!The eligible users will be those:Who have booked a ticket through http://www.irctc.co.in/ in the past 60 days, Who have not cancelled the ticket and Whose date of journey is over preceding the date of draw. Thus, Four users will be the lucky winners of special gifts. This scheme is valid till 30th June 2010. Read More...

Benefit Of Shubh Yatra Get back up to 10%* of your AC ticket fare as Railway PointsYou can use these Railway Points to get free tickets at http://www.irctc.co.in/, once you have accumulated 500 Railway Points in your account.Kindly Note:Shubh Yatra Programme benefits are available only on railway tickets booked at http://www.irctc.co.in/. Railway Points can be earned on 1st Class AC, 2nd Class AC

HistoryThe newly carved West Central Railway Zone with its headquarters at Jabalpur comprises of Jabalpur and Bhopal divisions of erstwhile Central Railway and Kota division of erstwhile Western Railway. The formal gazette notification announcing the formation of this new zonal railway was issued on 4th July 2002 by the Ministry of Railway, Govt. of India.The territorial jurisdiction of West

Following are the official sites of Indian RailwaysRailway BoardCentralEasternNorthernNortheast EasternNorth FrontierSouthernSouth CentralDarjeeling Himalayan RailwaysWesternMetro RailwayEast Central.North WesternEast CoastSouth WesternNorth CentralWest CentralSouth East CentralRailTel Corporation of India Ltd.IRCTC

REDUCTION IN TATKAL CHARGES FROM 1ST OCTOBER 2009 As announced by the Minister for Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee, while presenting Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Parliament, the Ministry of Railways has decided to reduce the Tatkal Charges w.e.f. October 1, 2009. The new Tatkal charges will be at the rate of 10 percent of basic fare for second class and 30 percent of basic fare for all other

SPECIAL TRAINS TO CLEAR THE EXTRA RUSH IN CONNECTION WITHVELANKANNI AROCKIAMATHA ANNUAL FESTIVALSouthern Railway will run the following special trains to clear the extra rush of traffic in connection with Velankanni Arockiamatha Annual festival.Chennai Egmore # Nagore # Chennai Egmore Specials: Train No. 0627 Chennai Egmore - Nagore Special will leave Chennai Egmore at 22.00 hrs. on 28.08.09 &

Railway zones A schematic map of the Indian Railways network, showing the various zones. The headquarters of the Indian Railways in New DelhiIndian Railways is divided into zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions. The number of zones in Indian Railways increased from six to eight in 1951, nine in 1952, and finally 16 in 2003. Each zonal railway is made up of a certain number of

Headquarters: Delhi Divisions: Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, MoradabadEstablished on: 14 April 1952 The Northern Railway (NR) is one amongst the nine older zones of Indian Railways. Delhi, the capital city of India, serves as the headquarters of Northern Railway. The whole zone is divided into five divisions namely Delhi, Ferozpur, Ambala, Lucknow and Moradabad for smooth administration.

Quotas in Indian Railways A few important quotas entertained by the system are as under S.No.QuotaDescription 1.GNGeneral Quota 2.LDLadies Quota 3.HOHead quarters/high official Quota 4.DFQuota 5.RCReservation against Cancellation (RAC) Quota 6.OSOutstation Quota 7.PHParliament house 8.FTForeign tourist Quota 9NDDay Night Quota 10.RERail Employee Quota 11.RSRoadside Quota 12RTReturn journey

Class Codes : The various classes of accommodation are referred to using abbreviations in many places. A list is given below. Note that these codes are used solely with reference to accommodation and reservations or ticketing. They are not the codes used to refer to the coaches based on their structural features 1A : First class air-conditioned (Executive class in Shatabdi Exp. is treated as

Cancellation of tickets before departure of trainsCancellation of I-Tickets can be done at any computerised reservation counter across the country and a cancellation ticket obtained. NO CASH REFUND will be given. Bank charges that are being levied by the Payment Gateways/Banks are not subject to refund in the event of cancellation of tickets by the Customer. Service Charge is also not refundable.