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Founder: Ministry Of Railways

Founded by Ministry of Railways and with over 150,000 citizens, this circle enables every Indian to give inputs, share experiences and directly participate in Making Indian Railways Better. Your inputs in various areas ranging from improvement in station amenities to safety and from cleaner trains to timeliness are all reviewed and incorporated as feasible. With 60% of Rail Budget 2015 and 2016 derived from this circle, Indian Railways is 100% committed to becoming more Citizen Oriented by the day.

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Book a ticket early, get the most uncomfortable seat
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the few times that I have booked tickets by Bangalore-chennai Shatabdi, I get the ticket in the center of the coach (with the tray table between the opposite seats). This is the most uncomfortable ...

By Padmanabhan G

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Booking Failure and Fare charged to Bank A/c.
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Earlier in this column it has been brought to notice that even though IRCTC website provides lots of facility while booking a ticket, there are some drawback as follows; Even though the websit...

By Anjum Ansari

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Train status update
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This morning I went to Secunderabad station to pick up a family member. The scheduled arrival of Godavari express was 5:45 AM. When I checked the status online, it showed the arrival time as 5:50. ...

By Suresh Adina

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Ads on IRCTC Booking site
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Recently I was trying to book a ticket on irctc and the site kept hanging. After sometime error message would pop up as per the attached image. This continued for quite a while, even though i tried...

By Suresh Adina

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Beware of train food apps says IRCTC
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IRCTC menu On Rail app: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is all set to launch 'Menu On Rail' app that will help its customers to order the food of their choice. IRCTC also se...

By Manju Patel

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UNFORTUNATE DERAILMENT IN BIHAR :
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Our heartfelt condolences to the kin of the 6 dead and 30 injured in the Seemanchal Express Derailment in Bihar . Thanks for the Compensation Promptly announced . After a spate of Rail Accide...

By Jayakumar Daniel

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"TATKAL TRAIN TICKET CHARGES , QUOTA CLASS WISE and MORE ON QUOTAS :"
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TATKAL QUOTA : How many seats are allotted for Tatkal quota? https://www.quora.com/How-many-seats-are-ava...

By Jayakumar Daniel

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APPRECIATIONS & HUMBLE SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS RAILWAYS
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TO JUSTIFY THE WELLNESS OF MANAGEMENT AND WORK FORCE : APPRECIATION : Yes we do see improvement ,trying to bring in good serving styles close to the style of Airlines . The IRCTC has shi...

By Jayakumar Daniel

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No cancellation charges for automatically cancelled trains / tickets
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Yes, there is no need to file TDR if train is cancelled. Further if wait listed tickets could not be confirmed & automatically cancelled by railways, full amount of tickets should be refunded b...

By Satya Prakash Mishra

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TRAVELLING WITH SMALL DOG IN AC I OR II COACHES
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Why small dogs of 8 inches height 10 kgs weight of breed like Lhasa Apso or Sutzu who are most disciplined be permitted in AC I OR II tier coaches with passenger. Keeping them in dog van is a ext...

By COL SACHCHIDA NAND UPADHYAYA

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