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Check IRCTC PNR Status
Check PNR (Passenger Name Record) status of your Indian Railways reservations in one single click using an easy and clean interface. IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations. You can check PNR status of your IRCTC reservations done through Southern Railway, Northern Railway, Western Railway, Eastern Railway, Central Railway, South Central Railway and so on. To check IRCTC PNR status, simply find the 10-digit PNR printed on the top left corner of your ticket, enter it in the fields below, and click the Get Status button. If you need help locating PNR on your ticket, click here.
PNR Status Enquiry Available from 00:30 am - 11:30 pm IST
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Airlines PNR Status Enquiry
You can also check the PNR status of your Indian flight reservation by visiting the appropriate link below. Some airlines prefer to call PNR as Booking Reference Number. Visit the respective airlines website to check your reservation status and/or flight status.
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Fly Kingfisher PNR Status |
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GoAir PNR Status |
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Indian Airlines PNR Status |
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IndiGo PNR Status |
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Jet Airways PNR Status |
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JetLite PNR Status |
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SpiceJet PNR Status |
Bus Tickets Online Booking
Could not get a confirmed train ticket? Give good old bus journey a try. Now you can book bus tickets online!
Railway reservation can be frustrating if you are trying to book a ticket in a busy route at a short notice. With a wait listed train ticket, you need to check your PNR status over and again without any guarantee that your ticket will be confirmed. How about giving good old bus journey a try? Gone are the days when you would queue up in front of a bus booking counter. Now you can book bus tickets online from the comfort of your home/office. There are several bus ticketing agents in India that provide online bus booking facility.
Most long-distance bus passengers are people who could not get a confirmed train ticket. With a wide interconnected bus network, you can reserve bus tickets to and from cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Mangalore, Nasik, Delhi, Shirdi, Nathdwara, Trichy, Madurai, Lonavala, Tirupathi, Calicut, Vizag, Vijayawada, Coimbatore etc. Most bus service providers offer cheap bus tickets, special discounts, online bus reservation / online bus tickets / internet bus ticket booking, online cancellation, inter-city bus service, hundreds of bus routes, bus timetables, bus route maps, luxury buses, AC buses, Volvo buses etc.
We have reviewed the leading bus services in India so that we can provide our visitors with alternatives to travelling by train. We have found the following bus services reliable.
With these bus services, you can book your ticket online from the comfort of your home. You can book online, over IVR, or through call centers using credit cards, debit cards, or net banking. You can get access to hundreds of bus travel operators and travel in thousands of routes across India. You can also book return bus tickets and opt for home delivery of bus tickets in major cities. Now you can enjoy paperless bus ticketing.
Passenger Name Record (PNR)
PNR stands for Passenger Name Record. While the word PNR is widely used in railway reservations lingo, certain airlines prefer to call PNR as Booking Reference Number. A passenger gets a PNR number when you book a reservation with Indian Railway or one of the Indian airlines. A PNR number is a 10-digit number printed on a railway ticket. It can be found at the top left corner of a ticket.
PNR on an Indian Railway ticket
IRCTC PNR Status through SMS
A passenger can also check the status of IRCTC reservations through mobile phone and landline phone. Checking IRCTC PNR status via SMS is undoubtedly a handy and quick way. Indian Railway introduced the SMS service to provide a simple way to check IRCTC PNR status using mobile phones. All a passenger needs to do is send an SMS on 57886 through his/her mobile phone to get any kind of information on railways.
The SMS facility provides various ways to perform enquiries like train alert, IRCTC PNR status, train status, seat availability, train schedule, train information, train time table, train fare etc offered on the Indian Railways website. Now one can view such information on a mobile phone through SMS facility.
To receive a list of available SMS commands, simply send TRAIN to 5676747. You will get a reply similar to, "Welcome to railzone. Reply with PNR - PNR Status, TL - Train List, TA - Ticket Availability, e.g sms PNR to get PNR status." Now to check your IRCTC reservation status, send a SMS "PNR <your PNR number>" without the double quotes to 5676747. For example, PNR 1234567891. You will get a reply similar to, "PNR No. 1234567891 , 1. RAC 33, 2. Confirmed AS2 34, 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani, New Delhi - Kota, 17 Aug".
For more information on the mobile service providers and the keywords to be used in SMS, you can visit one of the pages below:
Alternatively you can call 139 from your BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone etc landlines. Most telecom service providers support 139. If you have internet connection at home, you will probably prefer to go online to check IRCTC PNR status of your railway reservation. The advantage is that you do not need to pay any SMS or call charges. Another advantage is that you can quickly print / email the reservation status.
PNR Status Explained
It is easy for railway passengers to confuse the different legends that appear on their reservation tickets or PNR status. The table below explains the various legends used by Indian Railways to communicate PNR status in brief.
| Symbol | Description |
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| CAN/MOD | Cancelled or Modified |
| CNF/Confirmed | Confirmed (Coach and berth number are assigned after chart preparation) |
| CK | Tatkal quota |
| CKWL | Tatkal waiting list (different from normal waiting list, which when moves up goes to RAC category, whereas a passenger gets a confirmed berth when a CKWL moves up) |
| RAC | Reservation against Cancellation |
| WL # | Waiting List number |
| RLWL | Remote Location Wait List |
| GNWL | General Wait List |
| PQWL | Pooled Quota Wait List |
| REGRET/WL | No more booking is permitted |
| RELEASED | Ticket not cancelled, but alternative accommodation provided |
| R # # | RAC coach number and berth number |
Here is an example of how the result of a PNR status enquiry looks like.
IRCTC Alerts & Updates
Here are the latest alerts and updates from IRCTC. The information contained in these alerts and updates may change without notice.
Tatkal Advance Reservation Period (ARP)
The Advance Reservation Period (ARP) of Tatkal scheme is reduced from two days to one day excluding the day of journey from the train's originating station. For example, if train is to depart from the originating station on the second of the month, the Tatkal quota booking for that particular train will open at 8:00 am on the first of the month from originating station. Read more...
Advance Reservation Period (ARP) Increased
With reference to the Railway Board Commercial Circular No. 12 of 2012, it has been decided to increase the advance reservation period from 90 days to 120 days on experimental basis (excluding the date of Journey) with effect from March 10, 2012. There will be no change in case of certain day time Express Trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express, etc. where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force. There will also be no change in case of the limit of 360 days for foreign tourists. Read more...
Indian Rail Budget 2012-2013
Indian Rail Budget 2012-2013 has been released. There will be a hike in passenger fares ranging from 2 paisa per kilometre to 30 paisa per kilometre in various categories of trains. Also 75 new express trains, 21 new passenger trains and extension of 39 trains besides increase in the frequency of 23 trains have been announed. Platform tickets have also been raised from Rs 3 to Rs 5. Read more...
eTicket Cancellation Period
In case of train cancellation, e-ticket can be cancelled upto 72 hours from the departure of train. You can check whether the train is cancelled or not by checking the current status of the tikcet on the internet. Read more...
Permissible Photo ID Cards
Scope of the term "photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government" permissible under the scheme is very wide and it covers a large number of photo identity cards. Read more...
Mobile Booking
Now book your rail ticket anywhere anytime through your mobile phones. You can book railway reserved ticket on IRCTC website from a browser enabled mobile phone. Read more...
Status Checker Websites
Here is a handy collection of websites that let you check the status of various services offered by the Indian Government, namely, IRCTC reservations, passports, PAN, employee provident funds, aadhaar card, speed post etc.
About Us
India's Internet user base is growing rapidly making web access from home a reality. With the Internet becoming affordable and accessible in India, more and more Indian Railway passengers log on to the internet to check PNR status of their IRCTC reservations. IRCTC PNR status enquiry is as common as checking berth availability or train status.
Indian Railways PNR enquiry page lacks user support and does not provide relevant information helpful for Railway passengers. PNRStatus.info attempts to improve the user experience of querying IRCTC PNR status. The website lets you check the PNR status of your IRCTC reservations, provides user support and helpful information. This is India's first legitimate non-governmental website to make IRCTC PNR status enquiry a pleasant experience. PNRStatus.info is your one stop shop for querying IRCTC PNR status, finding best deals on flights and buses, understanding IRCTC PNR status, becoming part of a large online community of Indian Railway passengers, and much more.
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