Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation

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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is one of the subsidiary of the Indian Railways and it looks after the tourism catering, and online booking operations of the railways.

Catering

IRCTC is given the complete charge of catering services on trains and also at the railway stations all around the country. The service provided in various trains depends upon the distances covered by it and also on the passenger load factor. The railways are either provided with their personal pantry cars or the meals are made available at selected stations.

Online ticketing

IRCTC is well known for bringing the drastic changes in the face of railway ticketing system which is followed in India. It started rail ticket booking through Internet on its website, as well as the services are provided on mobile phones via GPRS or SMS for the convenience of the passengers. Ticket system of online cancellation or modification is also made available. Along with E-tickets, IRCTC also provides I-tickets that are like regular tickets, the only difference is that they are booked online and are delivered to the travelers by post.

The commuters on Mumbai's suburban railway also avail the facility of booking the season tickets through the IRCTC website.
IRCTC has also recently started a new program named "Shubh Yatra" this is for the travelers who commute on regular basis. Passengers can avail discounts facility through this system on all tickets which are booked round the year just by making the payment of an upfront annual fee.

Tourism

IRCTC also makes various plans for the budget and deluxe package tours, this facility is for the domestic as well as foreign tourists. This well known tourism package for budget tourists covers many important tourist destinations all around the country. This is referred as Bharat Darshan. There is also availability of luxury tourism packages which has the special luxury trains such as: Palace on Wheels, Royal Orient Express, Golden Chariot, Deccan Odyssey, Royal Rajasthan on Wheels. Traveling by these trains make your journey [pleasurable and an experience of lifetime.

Other than the conventional tourism, IRCTC also comes up with numerous adventure tourism packages which can leave you enthrall these packages comprises of adventure, water sports, and wildlife treks, etc. There is a provision for customizing tours as per the

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