Are you not aware of the exact difference between E ticket and I Ticket? Get here to know the terms etickets, itickets in Indian Railways terminology. eticket and itickets are both the different forms of tickets booked through online Railways Booking Portals.

What is i Ticket ?
I ticket refers to Indian railway ticket booked through Internet ticket booking portal IRCTC website. i ticket is a regular ticket booking where any customers opting to travel will have to book tickets at least few days in advance of more than 2-3 days before the comencement of your train journey, this is because once you a have booked an iticket, it would be delivered to your home by the respected booking site within 2-3 days if you stay in the major cities. itickets and tatkal are not possible since tatkal booking starts 3 days prior the commencment of the train journey. I would say book an iticket if you are in the major cities in India and see that you book well ahead before the journey starts maybe atleast 5 days in advance. The following cities are covered for door delivery of iticket [


During the delivery of iticket you will have to produce any government issued ID card like ration card, voter ID etc.,. Please note that itickets can’t be cancelled online, the only procedure to cancel it is you need to approach your nearest recognised Passenger Reservation Counter to cancel the respective tickets and get the refund.

What is e Ticket?
An e ticket is an electronic ticket that is booked online using internet ticket booking portals like IRCTC website. This is easy as when you are travelling take a print out of the confirmation page which itself works as a ticket, plus you need to show your orginal identification proof to verify the name if TT asks during the journey.


E tickets can be booked any time before the reservation chart is prepared and can be booked on reservation status of Available/RAC/Waitlist and can be even booked for Tatkal too.


The only process to cancel E tickets is through the website that you have booked the tickets and cancellation must be done before the reservation chart is prepared. The refunded amount would be credited back to your Credit Card/ Debit Card through which you have booked the tickets. 


PNR Status can be checked on the PNR-Status-Enquiry.com

New Train Numbers from 20-Dec-2010

Indian Railways has decided to introduce five-digit numbering system for all passenger carrying trains. The new five-digit numbering system will be effective from December this year. The five-digit scheme proposes to cover all passenger carrying trains including Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Garibrath and suburban holiday specials. However, it will not cover freight trains.

Passengers booking tickets in Mail and Express trains will need to add prefix 1 before the existing four-digit numbers while checking the reservation position through the enquiry system. Currently, trains have varying numbers including three- digit, four-digit and alphabetical-numerical ones. Five-digit train numbering has become necessary as the four-digit system is exhausted, informed a senior Railway Ministry official.


For new train numbers enquiry , please visit PNR-Status-Enquiry.com

4 WAYS FOR CHECKING PNR STATUS ON YOUR MOBILE

IRCTC 3 Digit SMS Service for checking PNR Status:

IRCTC provides this service but at the end  you will need to pay premium SMS charges:

• Send an SMS with the text PNR followed by the PNR number (without any spaces) to 139. For ex.: “PNR2528794587” to 139
• Alternatively, you can use other short code of Indian railways – 567674. Send an SMS “PNR<space><your PNR number>” to 5676747. For ex.: “PNR 2528794587” to 5676747

Checking PNR Status using 10 digit regular mobile number:

In the previous way, we will need to pay premium rates for sending SMS to the mentioned 3 digit short codes. Google provided an easy service in which you check PNR by sending an SMS to a regular 10 digit Indian mobile number:

• SMS Format PNR number to “9773300000”
  For ex. SMS: “2562394587” to 9773300000

Checking PNR status on GPRS enabled phone:

If you have GPRS enabled phone then you can check PNR Status by just point your mobile browser to www.indianrail.gov.in or pnr-status-enquiry.com

Traditional way if knowing PNR Status:

If you have no above medium to get the PNR current status, then just make call on 139 and follow the IVRS (Interactive Voice Response) to know your PNR status.

Get Current Status of Indian Railway PNR

Daily a lot of people search plateform where they can enquire the Indian Railways PNR Status of their tickets and some of them looks for toll free numbers where they can get passenger information, train information and other details.


Common ways through which we can get Indian Railways PNR status are as follows:

1. Indian Railways department provides completely free service that works all over India.We can call ‘139' from your MTNL landlines, Garuda, Idea, Spice Telecom and Dolphin, Vodaphone, BSNL  telecom operator.
   
   
2. We can fetch Indian railway Ticket PNR status by sending SMS: "PNR <Yr 10 digit PNR number>" to 5888 or 57886 or 5676747
   
   
3. We can also view the status from there official website (http://www.indianrail.gov.in).
   
   
4. Rediff website also provides seving using which you can knoww PNR status.
   
   
5. Last but not the least, you can also use the free service provided by  PNR-Status-Enquiry.com to know the PNR status.