With SMS Booking Facility allowed for booking Railway Tickets in India, know how to book your next journey tickets through Mobile Banking in India
Train Ticket through SMS
With over 900 Million i.e 90 crore Mobile users in India, it has become an indispensable part of life as what is Electricity and Water in India. A couple of hours without mobile makes a person feel handicap. With Mobile Internet, Mobile Banking and Mobile Money Transfer - now comes booking your next train tickets through SMS - which even does not require GPRS or 3G connection for internet.
Yes, Indian railway has made it possible to shift load from IRCTC by allowing mobile users to book tickets without even using Internet - through Simple SMS. So below is the process and pre-requisite for booking :-
Pre - Requisite Factors
a) User Account in IRCTC
b) Mobile Number to be registered in Bank
c) Same Mobile Number to be registered in IRCTC
d) OTP (One time Password )
e) MMID (MMID Full Form is Mobile Money Transfer Identifier). Through MMID the money transfer is now possible through mobile
How to Generate MMID (for leading Banks)
For ICICI Users - "Dial *525# >> ICICI Bank Mobile Banking menu will appear. Enter 5 to Retrieve MMID >> Enter the last 6 digits of the account number for which MMID needs to be generated >> Your 7-digit MMID will be displayed"
For Axis Bank Users - Sms MBANK to 5676782 . It will send a download link through which the MMID number will be generated
For HDFC Bank Users - Sms MMID to 5676712
For SBI Users - " For obtaining MMID for other accounts, they may visit the Branch and apply for MMID by filling up a form. You can also generate MMID for all your accounts enable for Mobile Banking Service, through menu option- IMPS- Generate MMID"
Process of Booking Tickets
Step A - Sending SMS
Book Train Number City From Destination Point Date of Travel Class 1st Passenger Name Age Sex 2nd Passenger Name Age Sex 3rd Passenger Name Age Sex 4th Passenger Name Age Sex 5th Passenger Name Age Sex 6th Passenger Name Age Sex
Above is the code for sending SMS and SMS to be sent on 2 numbers either 139 or 5676714
Note
- Train Number - Train Number as per Indian Railways
- City From - City where you want to board the train. Not the exact name of city rather city name coded as per IRCTC. For eg New Delhi as NDLS, Chandigarh as CDG
- Destination Point - City where you want to reach. Not the exact name rather as per IRCTC. For ex Mumbai Central is coded as BCT, Dehradun as DDN
- Class - SL for Sleeper, FC for First Class Non AC, CC for Chair Car, 3A for 3rd AC, 2A for 2nd AC, 1A for 1st AC
- Note 2nd Passenger to 6th Passenger Names are optional
Sample SMS :- Book 12952 NDLS BCT 0209 2A Gagan 33 M ........... Send this as SMS on 139 or 5676714 - These are the numbers for booking train confirmation
Decoding of above SMS :- Here 12952 is train number of Mumbai Rajdhani, NDLS is boarding Station i.e New Delhi, BCT is destination point i.e Mumbai Central, 0209 is date of travel i.e 2nd September, 2A is 2nd AC Coach, Gagan is passenger name, 33 is age of passenger, M is Male
Step B - Acknowledgement and Status Message from Railways
Then, you will receive an acknowledgement SMS from Railways stating the transaction id, status of seat availability and booking amount along with further payment instruction on how to book the ticket. Also, it will also have the exact sms to be sent for booking the ticket.
Step C - Payment SMS
You will now have to sms :- Pay Transaction ID IMPS ID OTP (One time Password ) IRCTC User ID .... Send this on 139 or 5676714
Transaction ID - is the ID which you will get as acknowledgement in Step B from Railways while confirming status
IMPS ID and One time Password - To be generated from Bank Side
IRCTC User ID - The User name of your IRCTC Account
On, message been sent successfully - your ticket confirmation SMS Will be sent on your mobile
How to Get Information on Train Number, Station Code ?
Either use IRCTC Site or any booking site like Cleartrip or Makemy trip for these details or else may click here for getting details about it