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Home / News / Business News / Press 139 to cancel railways tickets
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    Press 139 to cancel railways tickets

    Written by
    Sripriya Yegneswaran
    Edited by
    Vaneet Randhawa
    Last updated on Apr 30, 2016, 02:42 pm
    Press 139 to cancel railways tickets
    Credits:
  • In order to provide assistance to passengers for cancellation of tickets, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched 2 new cancellation services.

    The passengers have to simply dial 139 from their mobiles to cancel their confirmed train tickets.

    Alternatively, passengers can cancel the tickets using the IRCTC website.

    The services were started as the passengers complained about the difficulty in reaching the cancellation counters in time.

  • In this article
    What is IRCTC? The new and improved booking system IRCTC website goes for a facelift IRCTC listed on 'Fortune Next 500' What makes IRCTC the next big thing? Could IRCTC be worth more than Flipkart? IRCTC towers over Amazon sales IRCTC to provide 'finger licking' KFC food Press 139 to cancel railways tickets
  • 27 Sep 1999

    What is IRCTC?

    What is IRCTC?
  • Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) is a public sector enterprise within the Ministry of Railways.

    IRCTC became an extended arm of the Indian Railways on 27 September 1999.

    It was aimed at upgrading, managing and catering and providing budget hotels and special tour packages.

    Over 8 billion trips are undertaken every year, the bulk of which are handled by this portal.

  • 3 Jul 2013

    The new and improved booking system

    The new and improved booking system
  • IRCTC was all set to revamp its online ticketing system with an investment of Rs 100 crore.

    This would imply a 275% jump from the present 2,000 tickets a minute to 7,500 tickets.

    This move would also raise its daily revenue from the current Rs 54 lakh to Rs 90 lakh, an increase of 67%.

  • 3 Jul 2013

    IRCTC website goes for a facelift

    IRCTC website goes for a facelift
  • The IRCTC website unveiled in 2013 had a different connection with banks for payments; thereby making payment systems separate from the booking servers.

    It therefore had increased security, fraud detection mechanisms as well as the option to resume incomplete transactions lost due to connectivity issues.

    A train inquiry portal had also been created to work with the current website.

  • Information

    IRCTC listed on 'Fortune Next 500'

  • In 2015, amongst the companies that found a place in the 'Fortune Next 500' list were Indian companies - travel portals MakeMyTrip and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).

  • 21 May 2015

    What makes IRCTC the next big thing?

    What makes IRCTC the next big thing?
  • IRCTC is a railway catering and e-ticketing giant, mainly because it is a monopoly in both these areas.

    Even in online ticketing, almost half the market is untapped. This means railway ticketing sales could potentially double. This will also grow with the growing railway network.

    Most importantly, IRCTC can diversify into countless arenas like movie ticketing or move into finance by payment banking.

  • 21 May 2015

    Could IRCTC be worth more than Flipkart?

    Could IRCTC be worth more than Flipkart?
  • Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has been given a valuation of Rs 6,000 - Rs 14,000 crore.

    With the right investment in technology, it could be worth more than $10 billion worth, far more than Flipkart, Snapdeal or MakeMyTrip.

    With 3.1 crore customer data, IRCTC sits on a goldmine of information which can be used to sell other products and services.

  • Do you know?

    IRCTC towers over Amazon sales

  • Amazon on a record-breaking day sold 13.5 million items, whereas Indian Railways sells more than 21 million tickets a day on an average.

  • 22 Jul 2015

    IRCTC to provide 'finger licking' KFC food

    IRCTC to provide 'finger licking' KFC food
    Credits:
  • Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has entered into a partnership with KFC to start a delivery service for foodies on trains.

    This service is currently being provided to 12 trains passing via New Delhi railway station and will expand to Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru stations in the coming 10 days.

    The service will currently be available only in pantry-less trains.​

  • 30 Apr 2016

    Press 139 to cancel railways tickets

    Press 139 to cancel railways tickets
    Credits:
  • In order to provide assistance to passengers for cancellation of tickets, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched 2 new cancellation services.

    The passengers have to simply dial 139 from their mobiles to cancel their confirmed train tickets.

    Alternatively, passengers can cancel the tickets using the IRCTC website.

    The services were started as the passengers complained about the difficulty in reaching the cancellation counters in time.

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