It seems that IRCTC has taken a serious note about the anguish of passengers willing to book an e-ticket during TATKAL hours of booking. A common problem was experienced that the website was either not opening properly during TATKAL hours or it was running so slow that booking of an e-ticket was almost a nightmare during the period. Though there were different school of thoughts regarding the problem. Some has stated it "as the website of IRCTC was so heavy that it experienced difficulty in functioning during busy hours like TATKAL due to excessive rush of users." Whereas some had an opinion that the "website was being hacked by the travel agents or brokers." What so ever was the reason but, it has been resulting in a duress and agony for the passengers those who had a plan of travel in a shorter notice. Astonishingly, there was no such visible expedient from IRCTC to offer any relief to the passengers.
It has appeared as a pleasant surprise from IRCTC that they have launched a lightweight version of their website for booking of an e-ticket during TATKAL hours. It is really pleasant to see that IRCTC has tried to show their concern about the duress of their passengers who had to suffer a lot due to this problem. Use of this website is also very simple. As you'll type www.irctc.co.in in the address bar during TATKAL hour it automatically takes you to the login page of the new website.
Immediately, after login with your id you are automatically migrated to the next generation e-Ticketing website. Here, you'll get options for print/cancel/file TDR for earlier transactions you've made or you can opt for proceeding for a fresh new booking.
It is really a simplified and user friendly version providing utmost comfort and relief. Now, depending upon your need you should select for the option and proceed. Its working unexpectedly fast and serves to your need quite reasonably. One must thank Indian Railways for this humble remedy of a severe problem persisting since long.
After selecting for booking a new e-ticket it takes you to the new link automatically i.e. https://nget.irctc.co.in/eticketing/home. However, you can access this new site directly also at https://nget.irctc.co.in. Further, after giving inputs about your plan of travel you get a quick view of availability of berths.
Now. select your options and proceed for booking. Its really simplified, hassle free and smiling experience. So, now onward whenever you have a short noticed plan for travel a long distance, instead of searching a broker for making you available a confirm TICKET at a licentious cost 'Try this new amenity of comfort."
