IRCTC is the official online ticket reservation site and one of the most visited site in India in the year 2008 as per Google Zeitgeist.Obviously the most visited sites suffers loading problem due to huge traffic and IRCTC is not the exemption from this, during the peak hours or at the season times the online train ticket reservation site IRCTC goes down with the message “service unavailable”. During these times alternate sites to book tickets are of great deal and attract the customers by offering no service charge or a mere amount as service charge for booking train ticket using sites excluding IRCTC.Here we list some of the alternative methods and sites to book train ticket online when irctc is down.Cleartrip is most renowned and reliable service provider for booking air tickets online.Cleartrips now venture for providing train tickets by joining hands with IRCTC offers services for online train reservation with mere service charge. The interface is so simple, smooth and easy to use. Finding trains online is made easy and you can book train tickets in easy 3 steps. Search for trains ,look for availability and book tickets .What else, you will also receive SMS alerts, tickets by email ,cancellation of the tickets is also so easy with cleartrip.Currently(at the time writing this post)ClearTrip is offering 10% cash back offer for master card users. Get benefited by cleartrip at the times when IRCTC goes down.Just sign up for a user account for booking tickets.
Another new venture which allows you online train reservation with so simple and easy steps .Just login, search for trains availability and book tickets instantaneously. This site also allows a user to become a registered agent to book bulk ticket.Just sign up for a user account for booking tickets.The interface is so simple and straight forward to book ticket and explained clearly in this screenshot.
If you have a mobile phone with GPRS connection then ngpay application lets you to book ticket right from your mobile. All you need bank account with mobile banking enabled ,Once you download ngpay application on your mobile, browse through the irctc column to book tickets ,this service also has host of many services powered by mobile payments.Some special offers like cash back or reduction in booking is offered by ngpay.All you need is provide your mobile number at ngpay site and get the link to download the application through SMS and install the application to book tickets using mobile phone.
Erail.in is the web application to find trains, seats availability very fast. The interface is designed for easy usage and has many features like knowing the fares for the trains. Knowing PNR status in really fast in erail.in when compared with the official Indian railways site, actually this site fetching data from the official Indian railways site ,furthermore you can get to know about the routes, distances between places using erail.in.The most importane uses are checking PNR status instantly,getting routes,distance,time to reach and complete list of trains between source and destination.
