Indian Railways ( IRCTC ) has started a new system to help you book your Indian Railways ticket easily without any internet connection or non-functional IRCTC website . Now you can easily book your railway tickets through SMS or USSD using your mobile phone, anywhere and anytime. This process is very easy, without any cumbersome steps or knowledge of internet. The only requirement is the registration on the IRCTC website . Registered users can then book tickets by sending a text-based SMS or calling on a menu-based USSD @ 139 or 5676714 . To book tickets, call or SMS on the above numbers and enter the date of journey, class, train number and passenger details in the prescribed format. You will receive your booking confirmation by SMS. For complete details, check out the IRCTC website – IRCTC Website SMS Booking To know your Indian Railways ticket status, send an SMS to 57886 using your mobile phone. Check out SMS status details here – Railway SMS This is a good initiate by I...