RAILWAYS WILL SOON LAUNCH BETA VERSION OF IRCTC WEBSITE

NEW DELHI, 10 JULY 2026: Today, IRCTC & CRIS officials met Students of MNIT, Jaipur and experienced them the Beta version of new IRCTC website. The officials have asked for more feedback before the launch of new Beta version.

Few weeks ago, students of MNIT, Jaipur pointed out the issues in IRCTC website. We promised that it will be revamped by 15th July.

Reviewed the beta version of revamped website.

The revamped IRCTC website is currently being integrated with Passenger Reservation engine of Indian Railways.

Since the Passenger Reservation engine is also being revamped in parallel, the fully functional new IRCTC portal will be available in a few months.

Since the students of MNIT were the catalysts, the beta version of IRCTC portal has been reviewed by the students of MNIT on 10th July at Jaipur.

IRCTC has made four major improvements in the beta version:
1. Captcha: No unnecessary captchas. No unnecessary pop ups. No flashing graphics. No distracting elements.
2. Seat availability: Visible across all classes.
3. Faster checkout: Reduction in the number of steps to book
4. Easier repeat booking: Saved passenger details.

In parallel, we are revamping the four decades old Passenger Reservation engine that powers the various train booking apps. This required extensive work, because the system had to be operated throughout this journey of upgradation. We will launch the new Passenger Reservation engine very soon.

RailOne app has now crossed 4 crore downloads. It has become the largest railway ticket booking app. All railway services are available at one stop in RailOne app.

Many steps have been taken to reduce bots in Tatkal booking. Still it is a continuous fight. There is a some improvement, however we need to make more efforts. We will keep our efforts on.

Thanks to MNIT students for your feedback. We listened to your voice and tried to improve.