November 30th, 2018PhonePe, a Flipkart-owned digital payments platform will now offer an IRCTC micro-app on its platform. The company has partnered with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to carry forward with this process.
This development has come three months after PhonePe struck a partnership with IRCTC to facilitate digital...
August 17th, 2018The emerging digital payments player PhonePe which is owned by Flipkart announced that it has teamed up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to make digital payments easier and smoother through PhonePe on the IRCTC Rail connect Android app.
This partnership will ensure the ease of payment with the help of...
July 25th, 2018Good News! Now the passengers can check their train and live train status online via WhatsApp. Appreciation to Indian Railways, the passengers can check the train running status through WhatsApp, and make provisions beforehand.
Indian Railways have come to terms with MakeMyTrip, a travel company headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, to...
March 30th, 2018Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp. (IRCTC), a subsidiary of Indian Railways is all set to launch its very own payment gateway service targeted at gaining more revenue and reducing its dependency on third-party payment service providers, as reported by two people involved in the matter.
IRCTC, which currently is the largest...
March 20th, 2018The IRCTC-Ola collaboration will give customers the chance to book an Ola ride whenever they visit the IRCTC Rail Connect App or the website.
The Ola-IRCTC Partnership
The railway Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) announced on Monday they were tying up with Ola,...
September 23rd, 2017Amidst reports of IRCTC barring certain banks from using its payment gateway for debit card transactions, the railways tourism and catering arm issued a statement denying the reports.
The IRCTC has said options to pay through payment gateway using debit/credit card and internet banking are open for all banks.
"No debit or credit card...
June 14th, 2017Rail travellers can now book tickets by mVisa payment method which allows them to scan a quick response (QR) code and pay through smartphones.
Users can securely link their visa debit, credit or prepaid account to the mVisa application on their smartphones and make their travel bookings by simply scanning their mVisa QR code on the...
May 10th, 2017IRCTC has offered delivery of rail tickets allowing passengers to make payment through any payment mode, including cash.
Broad-basing the customer service, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has now introduced pay-on- delivery service allowing passengers to book train tickets online and pay at the time of...
March 2nd, 2017The Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system to prevent touts from blocking a bulk of tickets, end fraudulent bookings and curb cases of impersonation.
Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from April 1. A three-month trial run for this is going...
February 10th, 2017As compared to life insurance and health insurance, there are limited buyers for travel insurance. As per a recent report by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), in the fiscal year 2014-15, only 1.4 million domestic travel insurance plans were issued in India. Travel Insurance is often neglected by people!...
