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Millions of travelers access Indian Railway services on a daily basis to meet their daily travel needs and outstation travel needs. Indian Railways is one of the largest and biggest railway networks in the world with operating about 20000 trains a day. As it is the most economical and comfortable travel option, many people find takes rail travel as their first choice while thinking of traveling. For more than a century now, railways offer a very commendable and user-friendly service to millions in India. Rail enquiry can be done through the IRCTC online website now, and there are many smart applications too available in the Android and iPhone stores lately.
IRCTC is the catering and tourism department of Indian Railways, which is very popular now for its ticket booking features on offer. Users can log on to the official website of IRCTC, irctc.co.in, where you can find the customized options for doing train search, enquiry, and ticket booking. Apart from the website, you can do the railway enquiry through the customer care call center of Indian Railways too by dialing #139. The conventional mode of doing rail enquiry through the railway station enquiry counters also still exist.
The call center for rail enquiry is known as Rail Sampark, which is a paid service to be availed by dialing 139. For basic train timing and other rail enquiry, you can refer to the railway time table, “Trains at a Glance.” The price of this booklet is Rs. 40/- and it is made available through the ticket counters are railway stations.
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