IRCTC e-ticketing: Indian Railways passengers, register own number while ticket booking to get notification
All railway passengers are requested to register their own mobile number only as the sole contact number.
IRCTC e-ticketing update: From now on, passengers of Indian Railways booking train tickets have to register their own mobile phone numbers as their contact number. The announcement was made by the national transporter on Sunday. Recently, Indian Railways said that some railway passengers buy their train tickets through agents or the IRCTC accounts of others, thus, their own contact number does not get registered in the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) system. As a result of this, these people often do not receive SMS notifications on their mobile phones if the train is canceled or about revision in a train’s schedule.
As indicated by an assertion gave by Indian Railways, all railroad travelers are mentioned to enroll their own portable number just as the sole contact number. This is to guarantee that they get the SMS sent by the public carrier with respect to any adjustment in a train’s time plan or some other data conveyed by Indian Railways to assist the travelers.
Curiously, presently Indian Railways travelers can likewise get constant PNR status alongside other train venture related data by means of WhatsApp. Here are the means to check PNR status and other ongoing excursion data through WhatsApp:
- First, one has to update the WhatsApp app on his/her mobile phone. Android phone users can update the mobile application from Play Store, while those who use the iPhone can update the app from the App store.
- Then, save the number “+91-9881193322” (Railofy’s train inquiry number) on a mobile phone. With this, the number will be added to the WhatsApp contact list.
- Now tap on the new message button on the WhatsApp mobile app to open the contact list.
- Choose the Railofy contact from the contact list and then type the 10 digit PNR number in the message window.
- Once the 10 digit PNR number is sent to Railofy, it will keep updating the real-time status of the running train via WhatsApp.
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