Live Train Platform Enquiry for Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Kacheguda, Guntakal, Guntur Stations

If you are going for a train journey then surely after reaching at station entrance you will look for the platform number at notice board for your train which is coming or going to depart from. What if you already know before reaching station that at so and so platform your train will come. i can see smile on your face.

Now get SMS alerts on the change of status of your reserved tickets

Indian Railways added another milestone by launching yet another innovative scheme called the ‘SMS Gateway’, which will enable passengers to get SMS alerts on the status of reserved tickets. The ‘SMS Gateway’ which was developed by Centre for Railway information Systems (CRIS), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Railways, was launched by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today on the occasion of a seminar on the theme “Role of IT in Rail Services – Present and Future”. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Transportation Research and Management (CTRAM), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Railways. Present on occasion the were Shri Arunendra Kumar, Chairman, Railway Board, Shri D. P. Pande, Member Traffic, Shri Kul Bhushan, Member Electrical and Shri Alok Johri, Member Mechanical, of Railway Board.

How to link your Aadhar number to LPG Consumer number to get subsidy in your bank account directly (DBTL)

What is DBTL? 
Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG consumers (DBTL) is the scheme aimed to improve the subsidy administration of LPG across the country. As per this scheme an LPG consumer will get his/her cylinder at full market price and the differential between subsidized price and full market price i.e. the subsidy will be transferred to his/her bank account upto a capped limit(9 cylinders in a year). 

Who is eligible? 
Any valid LPG connection holder is eligible for DBTL scheme. To start receiving your LPG cylinder subsidy directly in your Bank Account you need to become Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC) customer. To become a CTC customer you need to take following 3 steps  (all  steps  are  necessary  to  become  CTC  customer  and  get  your  subsidy  in  Bank  Account, please skip any step if already completed): 

1. Obtain Aadhaar Letter or Aadhaar Number 
2. Link your Aadhaar Number to your LPG Consumer Number 
3. Link your Aadhaar Number to your Bank Account 

Book Train Ticket by SMS or USSD without Internet

Now Book your train tickets using Mobile Phone, anywhere and anytime WITHOUT using Internet connection. Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones to book tickets through a simple text-messaging-based-SMS facility or a menu-based dialling service–USSD service. Currently, only registered IRCTC users can use these services.

Train Ticket Refund Calculator v1.0 by Digitzz

Once I postponed my train journey and cancelled my confirmed ticket. I got my refund money after deducting some cancellation charges from the ticket fare but the charges deducted was more than expected. I sent email to IRCTC to get the details of deduction charges and how they deduct cancellation charges. I realized that if we could know that how IRCTC deduct the charges from fare, it will help us to save our money.

Now track and spot Indian trains geographical location on Google maps on a real-time basis

Information about Indian trains geographical position on Google map provided by Indian Railways.

Live Train Platform Enquiry and Current Reservation Status for all Delhi Stations

If you are going for a train journey then surely after reaching at station entrance you will look for the platform number at notice board for your train which is coming or going to depart from. What if you already know before reaching station that at so and so platform your train will come. i can see smile on your face.

Train running information live !

www.simran.in

[WEBSITE DISCONTINUED] by concerned authority.

Some days ago i found a very useful site name www.simran.in

Hey ! its not a name of a beautiful lady who is running her website.

It is very useful site which provide real time train running info of selected Indian trains.
Presently this service is available on Pilot/Trial Basis for selected trains(12001, 12002, 12003, 12004, 12005, 12006, 12011, 12012, 12013, 12014, 12017, 12018, 12033, 12034, 12235, 12236, 12423, 12424, 12435, 12436, 22423, 22424, 12301, 12302, 12305, 12306, 12313, 12314, 12431, 12432, 12951, 12952, 12953, 12954, 12259, 12260) only.

> Its shows following stats:

• Train Number
• Train Name + [ Train start date ]
• Next Stop + [ Kms. to run to reach this stop ]
• Train Status: RD:Route Diversion | RT:Right Time | DR:Destination Reached | DT:Departure Time | LT:Late Time
• Nearest Station + [ S: Standing at station | R:Reached station | A:Approaching station ]
• Speed: Live speed of train in kmph

> Besides these if you will click on train no. then it will show to you list of all the stations which will come across during the whole journey with additional details of Cumulative distance(km), Distance(km), Station code, Station name, Arrival Time, Departure time, Passing time and days. Time is mentioned in 24 hours format like 1655 for 04:55 PM.

> More over if you will click on train then it will show you particular coach number and position from engine.It also show picture of the same arrangement.

> if you will click on next stop then it will show map of stoppage and current stop of train.

>You can get the information on your mobile phone also, Just SMS train number to 09415139139.

> This site is also available in 10 Indian languages like Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil etc.

> This site auto refresh every 01 min so you get real time information.

This site is part of Indian railways RTIS (Real time information system) jointly developed by IIT Kanpur and Indian Railways.

So go to www.simran.in and get the real time information.

A World Class Tech Enabled Highway for Indian Commuters - Yamuna Expressway

On Thursday, yet another milestone being achieved when a much ambitious multi crore project "Yamuna expressway" formally opened to traffic, reducing travel time almost half between Delhi and Agra. 

Formally called Taj expressway, is a 165 Km, 6-lane (Expandable upto 8 lane) connecting Greater Noida and Agra formally inaugurated by U.P. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday. 

A Toll-free ride is given to commuters till August 15. 

Fact About Yamuna Expressway 

• Owner: JAYPEE Group
• India's Longest elevated highway
• A Rs. 13,3000 crore project
• Length - 165 km
• Right of Way - 100 mt.
• Number of Lane - 6 Lanes (extendable to 8 lanes)
• Type of Pavement - Rigid (Concrete)
• Interchange - 7
• Main Toll Plaza - 5
• Toll Plaza on Interchange Loop - 7
• Underpass - 35
• Rail Over Bridge - 1
• Major Bridge - 1
• Minor Bridge - 42
• Cart Track Crossing - 68
• Culverts - 183
• Vehicular Underpasses - 70
• SOS booths all Along
• Toll free helpline
• CCTV at every 5 Km for safety and accident assistance.
• Mobile radars to monitor compliance with minimum and maximum speed limits
• 1 highway patrol every 25 km
• Rest room after every toll plaza

TOLL RATES 

Toll will be charged at three points - at 38 km, 95 km and 150 km from Greater Noida. 
Cars and jeeps will be charged Rs 2.10/km. 
Mini-buses Rs 3.23/km 
Buses and Trucks will pay Rs. 6.60/km. 
Charges for heavy vehicles will be Rs. 10.10/km. 

A summary table of toll rates is as below: 

 
All figures in Rs. 

Round trip charges are 1.6 time of one way toll within 24 hours. 
Special discounts for vehicles using the expressway more than 19 times in a month. 

Source: All Newspapers