Where to post train tickets?

Krete

I guess I really should book some train tickets in advance, but I do not plan to stay in a hotel in mumbai. Do you have any hints about a hotel, for example, that would happily collect my tickets, for a small fee of course , even if I do not stay there?

And, when booking online, is it possible to use the tourist quota?

jarman_ah

It's over a year since we went through the same process as you're going through now -- wanting train tickets but not having a hotel booking -- and I seem to recall asking the booking site for advice. Really, the solution was quite simple: the tickets are, apparently, printed in Delhi and couriered to a representative in Mumbai who personally delivers them to the nominated hotel. It is possible, apparently (or, at any rate, was!) for you to arrive in Mumbai and collect the tickets directly from the representative at his address. I guess you'd have to be fairly certain you'd arrive in business hours to agree to this one! (We decided that the hotel was a surer bet, so we re-scheduled accordingly).

aadil

There are some problems with foreigners booking tickets online as there are no places except New Delhi from where one can collect the tickets in person and to allow another person or hotel staff to collect your tickets you have to send them an authority letter to say that they are authorised on your behalf to collect the tickets when they arrive by courier to the city where you order them. This has to be given to the courier guy who delivers the tickets to the hotel or address where you want them delivered. Please check with the website www.irctc.co.in for details before booking the tickets so you know if you can book them online. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Aadil.

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aadil

If you read the fine print it says that it is only for some of the trains, so not all trains can be booked by the e-ticketing method yet. The other method is still the only way you can get your tickets delivered to your hotel or place where you are staying if it is not on one of those few trains. See the self explanatory details as given below:


e-Ticketing/ e-Reservation

E-Tickets (e-reservation) are another innovative service provided by IRCTC, which dispenses with the need for the physical ticket to be carried for a rail journey. The user can take a print out of the reservation details and perform the journey with a personal photo identification without requiring to carry the regular railway ticket..

Making an e-reservation?

To avail this service, the user can log on to www.irctc.co.in and book his ticket on the Internet just like any normal booking, and selecting ‘e-Ticket’ in the Plan My Travel page. The user has to give the photo identity card details of any one of the passengers, while booking the ticket. On confirmation of his booking, the user can take a print of the Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) and can perform the journey with the ERS and the photo identity card.
This service is presently available on these pairs of trains.

2005/2006 – New Delhi – Kalka Shatabdi Express

2011/2012 – New Delhi – Kalka Shatabdi Express

2013/2014 – New Delhi – Amritsar Shatabdi Express

2029/2030 – New Delhi – Amritsar Shatabdi Express

2031/2032 – New Delhi – Amritsar Shatabdi Express

2017/2018 – New Delhi – Dehradun Shatabdi Express

2001/2002 – New Delhi – Bhopal Shatabdi Express

2003/2004 – New Delhi – Lucknow Swarn Shatabdi Express

2015/2016 – New Delhi – Ajmer Shatabdi Express

2035/2036 – New Delhi – Lucknow Shatabdi Express

At present only confirmed / RAC tickets can be booked through e-Reservation, while WL tickets can also be booked in the normal Internet Tickets.

The following photo identity cards are considered valid.

Voter Identity Card

Passport

PAN card

Driving License

Central/ state Govt issued Photo ID card.

Payments for e-Tickets can be made by ICICI Payment gateway(using Master / Visa Credit Cards) or direct debit (Internet Banking, with 15 Banks) or with the Cash Card(ITZ Cash) Option.

Journey with an e-Ticket (Reservation)

The passenger has to necessarily carry the same Photo Identity card as given during the booking along with the Electronic Reservation Slip(ERS). If the passenger is not able to carry the ERS but is carrying the proper Identity card as given during booking, an excess fare ticket will be issued by the TTE/ Conductor Guard against payment of Rs.50/- per ticket, provided if his name is available in the chart. If the name is not available in the Chart, he is not authorized to board the train and the case will be treated as ticketless travel.

This Electronic Reservation Slip would also be treated as a valid authority for entering the Railway premises as for a normal ticket when accompanied by the relevant photo Identity Card.

Only confirmed tickets can be booked through e-reservation.

If, at the time of booking, the status is WL(is nether CNF nor RAC), the ticket will not be booked. The user will be given the option to replan and book the ticket as a normal Internet Ticket in WL, if he so desires. The money debited in his account for the planned e-ticket, will be reversed.

Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS)

After successful payment and booking of accommodations, the User is shown the ticket confirmation details along with a “Print Reservation Slip” Button”. On clicking the button ERS is shown with an option to print. The customer can subsequently also print Electronic Reservation Slip from the 'BOOKED TICKETS' history page and the 'CANCEL TICKETS' page. He should give the ID card details of each specific ticket to view the corresponding ERS and print it.

Cancellation of e-Tickets

E-Tickets can be cancelled on Internet at this website till Chart preparation of the train .Cancellations are not allowed at face to face Railway Counters. If the user wishes to cancel his e-Ticket, he can do so till the time of chart preparation for the train (which is normally 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train from the train originating station). He can log on to www.irctc.co.in and go to Booked Tickets link and select the ticket to be cancelled and can initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers to be cancelled. However if the Identity Card holder in the original ticket is selected for cancellation, all the passengers in the ticket would be cancelled and a fresh reservation will have to be made, duly including the ID particulars of another passengers. Cancellation would be confirmed online and the refund would be credited back to the account used for booking . If there is any partial cancellation of ticket please ensure that a fresh e-reservation slip (Electronic Reservation Slip) is printed separately as done for the original ticket.

For any claims on e-tickets to be cancelled after the preparation of Reservation charts, the user has to send an email at the earliest possible time to etickets@irctc.co.in giving full details of the ticket and stating the claim, which would then be processed by IRCTC with the Railway administration offline and refunds as sanctioned by the Railway administration would be credited back to the user’s account.

For further information please email us at care@irctc.co.in or call us at 011 – 23345500 / 23344787 / 23344773