Karan Sahu

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDIAN RAILWAY

Use of Technology in Indian Railway

For Ticketing and Ticket Cancellation Time table information Passenger Information Freight Information Tourist Information Press Releases Budget for the current Financial year IR Personnel (Information about Recruiting, raining, Vacancies ) Site Map (Information on train route)

Use of Technology in Reservation and Ticket Booking

•Online TicketingFor Railway Reservation, PNR Enquiry, Fares, Rules http://indianrail.gov.in/

•Indian Railways new portal IRCTC provides basic as well as value added services to public. One can register and get reservation http://www.irctc.co.in/

•Latest updated way for faster service via www.nget.irctc.co.in make working easier.

MOBILEYou can also check the PNR Status of your reservation. It given as followsSMS PNR <10-digit PNR No.> to 54959 SMS HELP TRN to 54959

(This Service is supported by following operators Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, Reliance, Aircel, Tata Indicom)

•Automated Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM)

Information Technology to Promote Tourism

To Promote tourism in India, Indian Railway has taken an initiative it had started many new special trains for Foreign Tourist. E.g.•THE FAIRY QUEEN •THE DECCAN ODYSSEY•HERITAGE ON WHEELS •PALACE ON WHEELS

•These trains can be booked from anywhere in the world, using http://www.irctc.co.in/ •It also provides some value added services such as Hotel Booking, Car Rentals, Holiday Packages, Rail Packages

Effects Of Information Technology on Indian Railway

•Indian Railway has became technically advanced.

•Computerization of Freight Operations has effectively increased its efficiency.

•Employees are managed more effectively.

•Through foreign tourism Indian Railway has increased its revenue.

•Computerization has also raised some outrage as step towards Lay-Off and Privatization.