OREANDA-NEWS. March 22, 2012. Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, has launched the scheme for booking Railway e-tickets through mobile phone through its website i.e. irctc.co.in/mobile. The broad features of the schemes are as follow:-

Users can use their existing IRCTC user ID and password.

After booking tickets through the mobile phones, users receive a reservation message with the ticket details.

The service charges of IRCTC are similar to e-tickets i.e. Rs.

10/- per ticket for second/sleeper class and Rs. 20/- per ticket for all other classes.

 This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.