Indian Rail Is the Pride of India

Traveling in India is incomplete without traveling in Indian Trains. They offer exciting journey carrying people from all the parts of the country. India can well be experienced only in trains since it is an ensemble of the country’s history, culture, tradition, and so on. Indian Rail is a part of Indian life without which it is incomplete.

The railway had a modest beginning in 1853 when it traveled a distance of 34 km. between Mumbai and Thane. From that it rose to be the largest rail network in Asia, covering a tack distance of 114,500 km with 7500 stations. It has greatly helped in the economic growth of the country and has an active role in transporting things from one part of the country to the other.

About 30 million people travel daily by trains. A lot of office workers, students and businesspeople travel daily, and there are some who travel on weekly or monthly basis. For frequent travelers, season tickets are available, which offer discounts on tickets when they pay annually. Senior citizens and students on educational tour get concession when they book tickets. Group booking always gets you discounts.

Ticket booking is done at the reservation counters or online and also through travel agents, call centers and GPRS enabled mobile phones. IRCTC offers online booking of tickets as well as checking the status of your tickets and cancellation of tickets.
Indian Rail has changed a lot for the better in the recent years and is still on the process of modernization.