India's first online train ticket: When computerised railway reservation was started and where?
India's first online train ticket: When computerised railway reservation was started and where?
India's first online train ticket: Train journeys have become so seamless and easy these days as passengers can book tickets from the comfort of their homes in just a few clicks. Online booking of train tickets has made life easy for all of us now.
Indian Railways has come a long way in offering the best possible services to passengers when it comes to booking train tickets, it used to be a quite challenging task to book a ticket in the pre-computers era. It will be interesting to know how the train ticketing system in India has evolved over the years.
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In 1986, Indian Railways started its first computerised reservation in New Delhi. Before the computerised era, Indian railways followed the traditional manual registry entry method, which resulted in passengers standing in queues for hours at a stretch.
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Computerised Passenger Reservation system was introduced in Indian Railways in 1986. The computerised passenger reservation system (PRS) of Indian Railways is the largest passenger reservation network in the world, available at around 2,222 locations with more than 8,000 terminals.
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Indian Railways started operations almost 170 years ago. With the changing and advanced technology, many changes were also seen in the railways. This includes making toilets in trains and installing sleeper coaches to now introducing bullet trains.
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Meanwhile, about 37 years ago, the Indian Railways made a revolutionary change in booking train tickets. After this, the long queues at the ticket window started getting smaller. People now get the train tickets easily and quickly. This change took place in 1986.
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In 1985, a pilot project for computerised tickets was started. It was implemented fully in 1986 and the first computerised ticket was given to a passenger that year. It was launched at New Delhi Railway Station.
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Today, the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) of Indian Railways is the largest reservation network in the world. You can book railway tickets at several places. However, now it is also changing rapidly and people are moving towards online ticket booking.
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At present, more than 70 per cent of reserved tickets of Indian Railways are booked online through website of IRCTC where this facility is available throughout the day.
