Seat Availability in Indian Railway

Indian Railways have implemented advanced technology to enhance the facilities provided to Indian citizens. There are many methods which have been introduced by Indian Railways to check the seat availability.

Multiple methods to track seat availability of Indian Railways

  • You can check seat availability in Indian railway online.
  • You can check seat availability in Indian railway by going to nearest railway station.
  • You can check seat availability by sending a SMS.

Check seat availability in Indian railway via online

  • You can log on to www.indianrail.gov.in and click on the “Seat Availability Link”.
  • Next step is to enter the station code and train number.
  • If you are not aware of either of it, then you can find details on train numbers, station code etc on http://www.indianrail.gov.in/dont_Know_Station_Code.html .
  • Another official website to check the seat availability of Indian Railways is www.irctc.co.in
  • But here you need to maintain your user account without which you will not be able to avail any facility like internet booking, pnr status, seat availability checking etc.

Check seat availability in Indian Railways from the nearest railway station

  • You can check the seat availability in Indian railways by visiting the nearby railway station.
  • Go to booking center and fill the application form to book the tickets.
  • Now next step is to submit the form to the concerned person and fetch details about seat availability.

Check seat availability in Indian Railways by sending a SMS

  • Indian railways has introduced an instant method to check the seat availability just by sending a text message.
  • You have to send an SMS to 57886 with the specified format.
  • You will be getting a reply message stating the seat availability within some time.
  • Text message format to find out the seat availability is as follows:
send IRSAVB [Train No] [Stn1] to [Stn2] [DD] [MM] to get seat availability.
For example: 2304 New Delhi To Allahabad Jn 17 08.
  • You have to note that source station code, destination station code as well as train number should be perfectly matching. Wrong code will not be helping you to find out the seat availability.
  • You can also send as SMS to get help on IRSCH Keyword.

SMS format should be: [Stn1] to [Stn2] to get the trains between 2 stations. E.g. New Delhi to Mumbai CST.

Note; This SMS service is applicable for the Airtel, Vodafone and MTNL users only.

For more information log on to http://www.indianrail.gov.in/railway_SMS.html you can find out various SMS provisions available here.

0

Questions related to Seat Availability in Indian Railway

  1. seat availability (2)
> Seat Availability in Indian Railway
Please, Do not Spam or make vulgar and abusive comments, your ip gets logged and we can trace you

sir plz.my pnr

Submitted by chand babu (not verified) on 4 July 2011 - 3:28am.

sir plz.my pnr
n.815-7364420
Seet n.45

i just need the job plz do

Submitted by fayaz shaikh (not verified) on 23 March 2011 - 9:11pm.

i just need the job plz do need full

i want to check seat

Submitted by kalicharan maharana (not verified) on 16 February 2011 - 11:21am.

i want to check seat avilibity

Train no & Name 9269 PBR to

Submitted by Nibodh Kumar Singh (not verified) on 9 December 2010 - 3:26pm.

Train no & Name 9269 PBR to MZP Sleeper in Date 24/02/2011,25/02/2011,26/02/2010

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

  • You can use Mediawiki syntax. It is possible that not all formatting options are supported at the moment.
    Links to other pages: [[Page Title]] or [[path/to/page|Title]].
    External links: http://example.com or [http://example.com some link title].
    Interwiki links: [[site:Page Title]].
    You can use the following interwiki links: path, gdo, wp
    Images are included with [[Image:name]]. (wikipedia help)

  • You may post PHP code. You should include <?php ?> tags.

  • Links to specified hosts will have a rel="nofollow" added to them.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
Please fill the answer for this maths question to make sure you are human
3 + 1 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.