Send SMS to Railways 139 no. For info

You can now enquire about the status of the arrival, departure, spot of your train, the availability of tickets, tatkal seats, timetime et al all via SMS (Short Message Service) from your mobile sent to the Railways. The SMS is to be sent to the number 139.

Here are the various types of SMSes that need to be sent for specific inquiries:

If you want to inquire the status of your ticket, you need to type PNR <10-digit PNR number>.
For knowing about train arrival/departure, you can type AD .

For enquiring about the current train location, type SPOT .

To check the seat availability in general quota, type SEAT .

To check the availability of seats under Tatkal scheme, type TSEAT .

To check the name of your train or number, you must say: TN or TN .

To know the time table, type TIME .

To know the next train, type NEXT .

To enquire about the train route, say: ROUTE .

For train schedule, you can type SCHEDULE .

In order to enquire about fare details, you can say: FARE .

Class field is specified as follows:
1A – First AC
2A – Second AC
3A-Third AC
SL-Sleeper
CC-AC Chair Car
2S – Second Sitting more  

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Wonderful. It shows that there are now lots of capable soft ware developer who need to be encouraged. On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Rohit Jain wrote: > more  
Good move. Provide a message board for sending information on safety. more  
Thank you Rohit ,. Do these numbers pertain only to north western Rly or ant zone ? more  
No Jayakumar ji. I live in Hyderabad and only a couple of days ago I used this SMS and this works on all India basis. more  
I will be happy, if the service is really working more  
What are the SMS charges i.e Rs-10/ Rs-6/ Normal? more  
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