| Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation | | | | the IRCTC website. |
| (IRCTC) is one of the subsidiary of the Indian Railways | | | | IRCTC has also recently started a new program |
| and it looks after the tourism catering, and online | | | | named "Shubh Yatra" this is for the travelers who |
| booking operations of the railways. | | | | commute on regular basis. Passengers can avail |
| Catering | | | | discounts facility through this system on all tickets |
| IRCTC is given the complete charge of catering | | | | which are booked round the year just by making the |
| services on trains and also at the railway stations all | | | | payment of an upfront annual fee. |
| around the country. The service provided in various | | | | Tourism |
| trains depends upon the distances covered by it and | | | | IRCTC also makes various plans for the budget and |
| also on the passenger load factor. The railways are | | | | deluxe package tours, this facility is for the domestic |
| either provided with their personal pantry cars or the | | | | as well as foreign tourists. This well known tourism |
| meals are made available at selected stations. | | | | package for budget tourists covers many important |
| Online ticketing | | | | tourist destinations all around the country. This is |
| IRCTC is well known for bringing the drastic changes in | | | | referred as Bharat Darshan. There is also availability of |
| the face of railway ticketing system which is followed | | | | luxury tourism packages which has the special luxury |
| in India. It started rail ticket booking through Internet on | | | | trains such as: Palace on Wheels, Royal Orient |
| its website, as well as the services are provided on | | | | Express, Golden Chariot, Deccan Odyssey, Royal |
| mobile phones via GPRS or SMS for the convenience | | | | Rajasthan on Wheels. Traveling by these trains make |
| of the passengers. Ticket system of online cancellation | | | | your journey [pleasurable and an experience of |
| or modification is also made available. Along with | | | | lifetime. |
| E-tickets, IRCTC also provides I-tickets that are like | | | | Other than the conventional tourism, IRCTC also |
| regular tickets, the only difference is that they are | | | | comes up with numerous adventure tourism packages |
| booked online and are delivered to the travelers by | | | | which can leave you enthrall these packages |
| post. | | | | comprises of adventure, water sports, and wildlife |
| The commuters on Mumbai's suburban railway also | | | | treks, etc. |
| avail the facility of booking the season tickets through | | | | |