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If you have planned to travel to India and you choose to take up the facility of Indian Railways for travelling it becomes essentially important to get a confirmed berth in the train of your choice because India is a very large country with people commuting every now and then, from one part of the country to the other and railways is the prime mode of commuting for large chunk of the people. Hence, getting a confirmed berth in Indian Railway becomes a matter of adequate planning and early action or else hassles are indispensible.
To help passengers in checking Seat Availability in a train of their choice Indian railway has made available various ways, namely,
Official Website
One may take help of the official website IRCTC (www .irctc .co. in) to check seat availability in the trains plying on the desired route and on the desired date of journey. One may also book tickets from the website.
Official Helpline
There is also present an official helpline by the number, 139 to assist people with their concerns like checking seat availability, checking trains etc. A traveller is required to call on the specified number and speak to the service agent, who can help the traveller in checking the seat availability.
Thus, Indian railways have made available numerous ways to check seat availability. Howsoever, it is worth mentioning that one may check seat availability for the next 60 days only because booking of a berth in Indian railways begins only before 60 days.
Sumit Singhania Blog 