MANU/PIBU/0084/2016

Department/Board : Press Information Bureau

Date : 19.01.2016

Ministry of Railways takes Measures on IRCTC website to control ticket booking using automated software

In furtherance to strengthen its PRS (Passenger Reservation System), Ministry of Railways has taken various measures on IRCTC website to control ticket booking using automated software. In this regard, a Combined Press Conference was held today i.e. 19.01.2016 by the Indian Railways. The Conference was attended by the apex officials namely CMD, IRCTC Shri Dr. A. K. Manocha, MD, CRIS Shri Sanjaya Das, Executive Director, C&IS Shri U. Hazarika Railway Board and other senior officials from Railway Board. The various measures which IRCTC and CRIS now takes to control rail ticket booking by using automated software are as follows : -

Internet Ticketing:

Internet ticketing on IRCTC website was started in year 2002 with 29 tickets on the first day. This has now increased to more than 13 lakh tickets booked in a single day (achieved on 01/04/2015).

Internet ticketing on IRCTC website has progressively increased over the years and its share in the total reserved tickets has also progressively increased.

Table-A : Year wise Internet tickets booked.

Year wise Tickets Booked(Internet)
Year	Tickets Booked	Ticket Fare (In Rs.)
2010-2011	96911148	80071642602
2011-2012	116177134	94984557141
2012-2013	140688214