EaseMyTrip.com, one of India’s leading online travel aggregators has introduced IRCTC train tickets booking on its platform. The company has collaborated with IRCTC to provide its users with the facility of even booking railway tickets on their platform.
With this, EaseMyTrip (EMT) users will be able to book their train tickets on EMT’s website, mobile site and Android and iOS mobile app. Not only this, the users will also have the option of cancelling their booking as it is available on IRCTC as well.
Commenting on this, Mr. Nishant Pitti, CEO and Co-Founder, EaseMyTrip said, “Our tie up with IRCTC will offer an additional advantage for our customers to simplify their journey by booking railway tickets on our website, mobile site and Android & iOS mobile app. With this, we would be able to provide our customers with this oldest mode of transportation extremely popular amongst Indian masses. This would allow us to offer holistic travel solutions to our customers.”
He further added, “We have been noticing a remarkable growth in terms of users for hotel and bus ticket booking options in last few months. So, this was the right time for us to grow in the segment of train booking. However, to book IRCTC train tickets on the website, one must need to have a valid IRCTC login id and password. EaseMyTrip will not charge any convenience fee on trains as they have been doing for flight bookings.”
The company will further allow its users to check seat availability, travel duration of the trains and travel time between the stations. To have an access to the train booking feature on EaseMyTrip app, users will have to update the app to the latest version available on app store (iTune) and play store. Travelers can also search trains by entering train number and make railway booking in their preferred quota. General, Tatkal, Senior Citizen and Ladies are the main quotas available with EaseMyTrip train booking.
Following are the steps that one needs to follow while booking the train tickets –
- To book train tickets through EaseMyTrip, one will have to click on ‘Trains’ option
- One needs to enter origin and destination along with date of departure to search trains
- The list of the trains will display for the destination
- One can check the availability of each train separately
- After clicking on ‘check availability’, one will be shown if the seats are available or in waiting
- Once you choose the available or waiting ticket, enter your IRCTC ID and then proceed for booking.
- Next, choose payment method and click on Continue
- User will be asked to enter your IRCTC password after doing the payment to complete the booking. So please keep your IRCTC password ready.
EaseMyTrip.com is among the leading travel portals of India that has achieved a growth of around 50% in compare to its last year’s turnover. The company has recently brought special offers on flights for the travelers from Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, North-East Rajasthan, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh to boost regional customer base into these states.
About EaseMyTrip.com
Easy Trip Planners Pvt. Ltd (EaseMyTrip.com) is an online travel company based in Delhi, founded in May 2008 by Mr. Rikant Pitti & Mr. Nishant Pitti. The company is one of leading names in Indian travel industry and is known for providing the best deals. With a strong network of 42,000 registered agent partners and having more than 8 million direct customers, the company has presence through agent network, offices and franchises in every pin-code.
Website- https://www.easemytrip.com/
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