IRCTC : Train Ticket Booking through SMS
Organisation :Indian Railway
Facility : Train Ticket Booking through SMS
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Home Page :https://www.irctc.co.in/eticketing/loginHome.jsf
For Details here : https://www.services.irctc.co.in/mobitkt.html
Train Ticket Booking through SMS :
“STATION <StationName>” (without double quotes)
Related : IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking : www.statusin.in/1381.html
Note :
User has to type atleast first 3 characters of the station name in order to get a response
For example : Station mumb
SMS response for the above example will be :
Station Enquiry details are MUMBAI CENTRAL(BCT),MUMBAI CST (CSTM)
“TRAIN FmStnCode,ToStnCode,DDMMYY (without double quotes) :
User has to type atleast first 3 characters of the station name in order to get a response
For example : Train NDLS,BCT,310113
SMS response for the above example will be :
Enquiry details are (TrainNo,TrainName,DepTime) :(12138,PUNJAB MAIL,05:20),(12904,GOLDN TEMPLE ML,07:40),(12215,DEE BDTS G RATH,09:20),(12618,MNGLA LKSDP EXP,09:20),(19024,FZR BCT JANTA,13:05)
Send RAIL to 5676714 :
Response :
“For Normal ticket booking format send to 5676714 from your registered mobile no.”
Send START IRCTC_User_Id to authenticate the user for the first time in the system and to receive the SMS booking format in response
to this message
SMS response for the above example will be :
Send booking SMS to 5676714 as :”BOOK FrmStnCode,ToStnCode,DDMMYY,TrnNo,Class,PsngrName1,Age1,M/F,PsngrName2,Age2,M/F,PsngrName3,Age3,M/F,
PsngrName4,Age4,M/F”
For example :
BOOK NDLS,ALD,280313,12418,SL,varun,23,m,ezaz,23,m,priyanka,24,f,sukhbir,25,m
SMS response for the above example will be :
“Availability details are TxnID : 92224487261426141055, Fare:277 (Incl.ISC:Rs10,ASC:Rs10,PG:Rs10) Avail: AVAILABLE-0529. Please send SMS PAY 92224487261426141055,MPAY,MPIN or IMPS” to 5676714 to book ticket.
“PAY TransactionID,<MPAY,MPIN> or <IMPS> ” (without double quotes)
The user can pay either through mWallet or through IMPS
For example :
PAY 92224487261426141055,MPAY,MPIN
SMS response for the above example will be :
Booking successful. PNR : 5612345567, TRAIN: 12418, DOJ: 28/03/2013 Dep.Time: 22:30 NDLS to ALD, VARUN Confirm S6 0035, EZAZ Confirm S6 0036, PRIYANKA Confirm S6 0037, SUKHBIR Confirm S6 0038
Here is a complete PPT mentioning the sample formats on how to use this solution. You may download it for future reference. DOWNLOAD