Irctc – Much more than online reservation

An article on Irctc Indian Raiwlay company in India. Find different roles the organization play is tourism, lodging and online ticket booking in the country   

Irctc stands for Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. It is well known for online reservation a facility accorded by the railway in India. Irctc is under the ministry of railway as a separate enterprise.  It works within the frame work of Railways in India. As a public sector enterprise it is responsible for catering and tourism as well as online reservations.

It manages catering services in railway stations, on trains and other locations in order to provide meals to passengers.  Irctc hospitality services cater to tourism as well. The company has set a large number of food plazas, tea and coffee stalls. It has established refreshment rooms, sweet, milk and ice cream stalls at stations under contract system.  Irctc also manages on board catering in major express trains in India. The company also supplies its own packaged drinking water called Railneer. There are number of railway owned plants which manufacture Railneer. Not only fast foods and meals Irctc has also established number of book stalls and automatic vending machines.

The organization manages and promotes domestic as well as International rail tourism. There are many luxury trains that cater to destinations of tourist interest. Irctc offers packages for luxury rail experience for both domestic and foreign tourists.  There are many tourist trains in India catering to key sightseeing, wildlife safaris and historical monuments in India. 

The luxury trains are specially created for beautiful ambience and hospitality that equals five star hotels. The tourist rails have created history in the Railway World with state of art service and offerings.  

The Irctc website also offers reservation facilities for booking and cancellation and online payment. The site offers E ticketing and I ticketing facilities. The pnr finder tool is the most useful tool onsite. Besides online ticket purchase one can find the reservation status using the pnr number on rail tickets. 

The Irctc site is being constantly updated with more features to make online reservation easy and fast. Thanks to these facilities the daunting prospect of standing in a long queue at ticket booths in railway stations is over. 

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