A decade ago nobody thought that a railway passenger will book tickets online but Railticketonline.com website has revolutionized the Indian railway ticket booking service. Gone are the days when railway commuters used to stand in long queues for hours for booking tickets.

 

Railticketonline.com since its inception has done a commendable job for railway passengers by providing efficient and timely service.

Railticketonline.com is better known for changing the face of railway ticketing in India. It pioneered Internet-based rail ticket booking service through its website.Ticket cancellations or modifications can also be done online.

According to ticket sale data provided by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which sells rail tickets online, out of the 880,000-odd reserved rail tickets sold a day between April and July 2009, around 300,000, or 34 per cent, were sold online. Railticketonline.com is the authorized IRCTC agent which has contributed significantly to the growth of IRCTC online business

 

The research done has speculated that 5 years down the line, the Railticketonline.com website will have a greater share in IRCTC online ticket booking service.

 

In 2008-09, of the 860,000 or so reserved rail tickets sold every day, around 200,000 (above 25 per cent) were sold online. IRCTC accounted for 17 per cent of the total passenger earnings of the Indian Railways in 2008-09.

 

In value terms IRCTC’s ticketing revenues have increased by 462 per cent over the last three years. From Rs 704.91 crore in 2006-07 and Rs 1744.68 crore in 2007-08, the corporation garnered Rs 3966.98 crore from sale of online tickets last fiscal. It plans to earn at least Rs 5000 crore from the sale of online tickets during the current financial year.

 

The train tourism in India has actually done wonders bringing to life the concept of 'live life king-size'. The luxury trains of India namely the Palace-on-Wheels and the Royal Orient do more than providing opportunity of sightseeing the Indian States of Rajasthan and Gujarat. They offer an unforgettable holiday experience.

Within a short span of its going online, Railticketonline.com has become the largest and the fastest growing eCommerce website in Asia Pacific and the most transacted site in this part of the world.