Indian Railway Passenger Reservation Enquiry : Get Railway Information on SMS

Organization : Indian Railways
Facility : Get Railway Information on SMS

Home Page :http://www.indianrail.gov.in/sms_Service.html
for more details here :1. http://www.indianrail.gov.in/n4nuts.html
2. http://www.indianrail.gov.in/139.html

SMS Services :

Now all the enquiries like Train Alert, PNR Status, Train Status, Seat Availability, Train Schedule, Train Information, Train Time Table, Train Fare etc offered on the web site ndianrail.gov.in are available on your mobile phone through SMS facility.

Related : Indian Railways Reservation Rule : www.statusin.in/22220.html

For more information on the mobile service providers and the key words to be used on the mobile, please click here

Railways Information on SMS :
** Sms HELP TRN to 54959 and get the list of services and their commands.
** Sms TRNLINK to 54959 and receive the link to access these services via WAP (mobile browser).

Railways Services :
Sms HELP TRN to 54959

For PNR Sms :
HELP PNR
For Tickets Available sms HELP TRNAV
For Trains Between Stations sms HELP TRNBT
For Train Schedule sms HELP TRNSH to 54959

PNR Status :
Sms PNR <10-digit PNR No.> to 54959

Ticket Availability :
Sms TRNAV <Train No.> <Source> <Destination><DDMM> <Class> to 54959

Trains Between Two Stations :
Sms TRNBT <Source> <Destination> to 54959

Train Schedule :
(send the first few characters of the train name)
Sms TRNSH <first few characters of the train name> to 54959

Train Schedule (by Train No.) :
Sms TRNSH <Train No.> to 54959

Access via WAP (Mobile Browser) :
Sms TRNLINK to 54959

FAQs :
How can I avail internet reservation facility through credit cards?
Recently internet reservation facility has started on Indian Railways. The web site is operational, wherein you can get the railway reservation done through Credit Cards.For more on Reservation through credit cards click here Internet Reservation

Why are PNR and reservation availability queries not available after certain timings at night?
The online PNR and seat availability queries are fetched from the computerized reservation applications.These online reservation applications are shut down daily around 2330 hrs to 0030 hrs IST.

Due to the dynamic changes taking place in the PNR status updation and the availability positions, these two types of queries have to be fetched from the online reservation applications, hence the non- availability of them after certain timings.

The sheer size of these databases does not allow them to be copied over network lines.Please note that the web site is functional 24 hrs. a day and other queries (trains between any two stations, fare queries, etc.) are functional throughout the day.

Why do I get “Network connectivity failures”, while doing PNR and seat availability queries?
Please read the above paragraph. As mentioned in it, for the PNR and seat availability queries, the result is fetched from the computerized reservation applications at the five sites, viz. New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Secunderabad.

If there is any network link failure, or if the network lines are very congested, then this error message is displayed.

It might so happen, that you are getting seat availability and PNR information for say trains originating from New Delhi and Kolkata, but not for trains originating from Mumbai.

How can I avail the enquiries, through SMS on mobile phones?
Now all the enquiries offered on the web site indianrail.gov.in are available on your mobile phone through SMS facility. For more information on the mobile service providers and the key words to be used on the mobile,

Please note that we are giving the backend service only for the SMS queries. For more information and help on key words and SMS facility, kindly contact the mobile service provider according to the table.