Checking Railway PNR Status for Ticket Booking Updates

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Indian Railways offer many customized services to the users from all across the country. Apart from the domestic Indian travelers, may foreigners who visit India also make use of Indian Railways services to enjoy an amazing travel experience. Train travel is the most economical and secured mode of transportation in the country.

Railway ticket booking is comparatively easier  now when compared to the previous troubles of queuing up at the railway station ticket counters or paying extra to the agent. Railway has changed its ticket allocation mechanism into a fully computerized model with PNR allocation.

Railway PNR status

Railway PNR is a unique 10-digit numerical code, which is assigned against each ticket booking. You can see this number on the left-hand side top of the ticket. The PNR is unique to each booking and the passengers need to make a note of this number in order to do any further follow ups on ticket booking.

In order to do railway PNR status check, the passengers can make use of the online portal of IRCTC or can call Rail Sampark number at #139 to get call center support. Especially while doing your ticket booking under the wait listed or reservation against cancellation categories, it is very important to do PNR status check frequently to make sure your ticket is getting confirmed.

Online railway PNR status check can be done through the IRCTC portal. Logging on to the portal, you can see the provision to enter the 10-digit PNR code and you can get updated details about the status of your booking. There is also mobile application now of IRCTC, which has the feature of doing PNR status check just over a few clicks.