Ticket Booking: Railways to Enable 1.5 Lakh Bookings Per Minute, Seats will be Confirm

Indian Railways: A significant convenience is on the horizon for train travelers. The organization will soon implement a substantial upgrade to its ticket booking process. This new high-speed digital system will greatly alleviate the challenges passengers encounter when reserving tickets, particularly for Tatkal tickets.

The Railways asserts that the new system will be capable of processing approximately 150,000 tickets every minute. In contrast, the existing system can only handle about 32,000 tickets per minute, which becomes significantly slower during peak times.

Why was a new system necessary?

In today’s world, when millions of users access the IRCTC website at the same time, the site often slows down or the server may crash. Additionally, issues such as payment failures and login problems are frequent. To tackle these issues, the Railways opted to create a new, faster digital system.

How will the new system work?

This upcoming ticket booking system will be entirely reliant on cutting-edge technology and is being developed by CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems). A standout feature of this system will be its capacity to manage requests from millions of users at once. This means that even during peak traffic, the system will remain efficient.

Online booking will receive a further boost

Currently, approximately 89% of tickets are booked online, while only 11% are purchased over the counter. The new system will further strengthen online booking, increasing website speed and improving the chances of getting a confirmed ticket.

What benefits will passengers receive?

The new system will provide numerous benefits to passengers, including:
– Ticket booking speeds will be significantly faster
– Website crashes will be reduced –
Problems like payment failures and login errors will be reduced
– Instant ticket booking will be easier
– Seat selection and confirmation processes will be improved.

In 2002, the Railways first introduced the facility of booking tickets via the internet. Today, most people book tickets online instead of visiting the ticket counter. Approximately 88% of all ticket bookings in the country are now online. A prime example of this digital transformation is Indian Railways’ mobile app, RailOne. This app is rapidly gaining popularity among passengers. Launched in July last year, the RailOne app has already received over 35 million downloads in less than a year. Furthermore, complaints related to ticket booking and other services can also be resolved through this app.

As per railway, The new system will book 125,000 tickets per minute, nearly five times faster than the old system’s 25,000 tickets per minute. This will curb illegal software and brokers.