After more than 2 hours of technical issues, the Indian Railways ticket booking website is working fine, the IRCTC said on the X platform.
Around noon on Thursday, the website went down, causing inconvenience to lakhs of passengers. “E-ticket booking is temporarily affected due to technical reasons. Technical team is working on it and booking will be available soon,” Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) wrote on the X platform.
However, at 1:55 pm (IST), the IRCTC said the site was working fine. “E-ticket booking has been resumed at 13:55,” it posted on the X platform.
The IRCTC stock was up 0.41% at ₹702.20 on Thursday at 14:25.
Several passengers expressed anger when the website went down. “The website remains closed from 11:30 pm to 12:30 am. It is a matter of concern that the IRCTC site is closed after daily maintenance. But the point is why mention the same so late,” wrote a user.
One user shared a video of the site down and asked IRCTC, “What is this service? Taking huge money for premium tatkal but maintenance is too bad”.
IRCTC is the only entity authorized by the Indian government to provide online rail tickets, food services to railways, and packaged drinking water at stations and trains in India. The company has expanded its services over the years to include a wide range of tourism and hospitality offerings, such as luxury train tours, hotel reservations and vacation packages.
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Over the last six-month period, the stock delivered a return of 16%. The IRCTC stock has generated a fabulous return of 156% in the last three years, and it has increased by 1006% in the last five-year period. In Q2FY24, the company reported a 30% improvement in its standalone net profit, reaching Rs 294 crore.
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