• WR TO RUN 176 HOLIDAY SPECIAL TRAINS DURING COMING FESTIVE SEASONS. DETAIL IN OUR BLOG
• Central Railway will run 28 Festival special trains between Mumbai-Agra Cantt./Patna to clear the extra rush of passengers during the coming Festival Season.
• 2957/2958 Ahmadabad New Delhi Swarnajayanti Rajdhani Express will now run daily.
• Bandra Jaipur Garib Rath train extended to Delhi
• Reduction in the tatkal charges w.e.f October 1.
• No identity proof is required to be produced by the passenger seeking reservation under tatkal scheme neither at the time of booking nor during the journey.
• The facility of change of name is not permitted on the bookings made under Tatkal scheme.
• The Ministry of Railways has decided to reduce the tatkal charges with effect from October 1.The new tatkal charges will be at the rate of 10 per cent of basic fare for second class and 30 per cent of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and maximum charges for each class.Tatkal tickets will be issued for actual distance of travel, instead of end-to-end, subject to the distance restriction applicable to the train.Tatkal facility will be introduced in executive class of Shatabdi Express trains also, by earmarking 10 per cent of the accommodation available that is five seats per coach The existing refund rules of tatkal tickets will remain unchanged.
• LADIES SPECIAL as announced in budget has started in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai. Detail in our Blog.
• Schedule of three Duranto's (Non stop Trains)out of 14 announced in budget has been released. Detail in our Blog
• New updates in erail.in. Now you can search local (Sub urban) Trains of Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad also in our site.All local (Sub Urban) stations has been included in main site
• Tatkal Advance Reservation Period Reduced to 2 Days from 5 days excluding day of Journey from 1-08-2009.
• Opening day Tatkal quota list of all class in Indian Trains. Detail in our blog
• Visit our blog section for detail of New announcement and Highlights in Railway Budget 2009-10
• 53 New Trains and extension to 13 Trains announced in Railway Budget 2009-2010. Detail in our blog section
• For detail News/FAQ/Information of new trains/Extra coaches etc,. visit our blog section
• TRIP PLANNER FEATURE ADDED. YOU CAN PLAN YOUR TRIP WITH DATE TO ANY STATION AND ALSO SAVE YOUR TRIP.
• One More feature added in erail.in . Now your search is saved at top right side of the screen and you do not have to search your route again. Just click on the saved link and the route will come again in the search.
• Fare list updated at our Home page now to new Fares revised from 01-04-2009.
• You can also give your comments, suggestion and feedback at http://erail.indiaglue.com/feedback
• For detail of all special trains Please click on the special train link in the home page
• For News,New Announcement,Press Release,and Information please read our blog
• REVISION OF PASSENGER FARES WILL EFFECT FROM 01.04.2009.SEE DETAIL IN OUR FORUM
• We are updating Passenger Trains.Some meter gauge trains may not be running due to closure of section for gauge conversion. Please check with local stations for running status of passenger trains. we request users to send error report if any to info@erail.in.
• For getting shortest route or link station detail please send mail to info@erail.in.
• For Help how to use erail.in please click on the Help link at the bottom of our site or step by step help please visit our blog section
• The validity period of Southern Zone Timetable and Trains at a Glance, with effect from 1st July 2008 to 30th June 2009 is extended up to 31st Oct 2009 and the new table will come into force from 1st November 2009.
• The identification details are not required at the time of booking now.
• The ID card will be required during journey.
• One of the passenger booked on an e-ticket should have any of the five identity cards(Voter identity card/Passport/ Pan card/Driving license/Photo I/d card of Central/State Government issued to their employees) during train journey in original.