Want To Book Train Tickets On IRCTC New Website 2024? Check How!

The IRCTC new website has changed completely, and therefore the ticket booking process has also changed. Now you can even make train inquiries and check seat availability without doing account login.

The new IRCTC website can be accessed at https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search.

On the new website, there are two ways to book train tickets:
1. Without login in IRCTC account
2. After IRCTC account login

Steps to book ticket without login in IRCTC Account

1. Open the new IRCTC website.
2. It will show the "Book your ticket" train inquiry box. It will have the "From" station, "To" station, Journey date, class of journey, etc., options to select.
   
3. Fill in the details like 'from station', 'to station' journey date, class of journey, and then click on the "Find Trains" button.
4. It will show a list of trains which match your train inquiry. A "Check availability & fare" button is available against each train; click on it for your desired train.
   
5. It will show you the seat availability for the next 6 days and fare with a "Book Now" button. Click on the book now button for the date you want to book a seat on the train.
   
6. At this stage, the system will ask you to do the login and display a login page for you. You can check how to login to IRCTC for the steps to sign in to the new website.
   
7. Once you sign in successfully system will take you to the "Passenger details" page. Here you can fill in your details and the details of any additional passenger along with you.
   
8. Then the system will ask you to verify your booking details. If you want to do any modification, then you can check here.
9. Now the system will give you various options to make payment for your ticket booking.
10. Once payment is successful, the system will show the successful message and generates your e-ticket. You can check the ticket details in Ticket Booking History.
    

Steps to book ticket after IRCTC account login

1. Open the new IRCTC website.
2. Create a new IRCTC account free. Continue step 3 if you already have an IRCTC account.
3. On the homepage, it will show the "Book your ticket" train inquiry box. It will have the "From" station, "To" station, Journey date, class of journey, etc., options to select.
4. Now sign in to your IRCTC account. You can check how to login to IRCTC for the steps to sign in to the new website.
5. After successful sign-in, fill in the details like "from station",  "to station", journey date, class of journey in the train inquiry box. Now click on the "Find Trains" button.
6. It will show a list of trains which match your train inquiry. A "Check availability & fare" button is available against each train; click on it for your desired train.
7. It will show you the seat availability for the next 6 days and fare with a "Book Now" button. Click on the book now button for the date you want to book a seat on the train.
8. The system will now take you to the "Passenger details" page. Here you can fill in your details and the details of any additional passenger along with you.
9. Then the system will ask you to verify your booking details. If you want to do any modification, then you can check here.
10. Now the system will give you various options to make payment for your ticket booking.
11. Once payment is successful, the system will show the successful message and generates your e-ticket.

On the mobile website, the steps are almost the same. The only little bit difference is in the screens at various levels. And on the mobile website, ticket booking without login and after login is available. The link for the IRCTC mobile website is also the same, https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search.

Steps for mobile train ticket booking

1. Open the new IRCTC website on the mobile browser.
2. On the mobile phone also, it will show the "Book your ticket" train inquiry box. It will have the "From" station, "To" station, Journey date, class of journey, etc., options to select.
   
3. Now, fill in the details like 'from station', 'to station', journey date, class of journey in the train inquiry box and click on the "Find Trains" button.
4. It will show a list of trains which match your train inquiry. A "Check availability & fare" button is available against each train; click on it for your desired train. The screen on the mobile phone will look like the picture given below.
   
5. It will show you the seat availability for the next 6 days and fare with a "Book Now" button. Click on the book now button for the date you want to book a seat on the train. The screen on the mobile phone will look like the picture given below.
   
6. Now the system will give you the option to log in on your mobile website, sign in to your IRCTC account. You can check how to login to IRCTC for the steps to sign in to the new website.
   
7. The system will now take you to the "Passenger details" page. Here you can fill in your details and the details of any additional passenger along with you. The screen on the mobile will look like below.
   
8. Then the system will ask you to verify your booking details. If you want to do any modification, then you can check here. The screen on the mobile will look like below.
   
9. Now the system will allow you to make payment for your ticket booking, and the screen will look like below. You have to scroll through the website to see the complete page.
   
10. Once payment is successful, the system will show the successful message and generates your e-ticket. Then you can check your ticket details, take a print, cancel it and check PNR status, etc., from the ticket booked history in your account. 

Now, this is the ticket booking process on computer and mobile websites. You may have faced some kind of problem in booking a ticket on the new website.