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A passenger name record (PNR) is a record in the database of a computer reservation system (CRS) that contains the itinerary for a passenger or a group of passengers travelling together. The concept of a PNR was first introduced by airlines that needed to exchange reservation information in case passengers required flights of multiple airlines ...
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the state-owned Indian Railways. It was established in 1999 by the Government of India and operated under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways .
A Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) is a type of ticket that can be sold for travel on the Indian Railways. Although it ensures certainty of travel, it does not guarantee a berth . A berth will be allocated to the ticket who reserves an RAC ticket if passengers who already have a confirmed ticket do not board before the train departure or ...
Where Is My Train is an Android application owned by Google for tracking the live status of trains run by Indian Railways. The application was created by Sigmoid Labs, [1] a team of former TiVo Corporation developers. The company was acquired by Google in 2018. [1] [2] [3]
When a reservation is made, a passenger name record (PNR) is created in the computer reservation system (CRS) used by the person making the booking, and the CRS will automatically generate a record locator for the PNR. If the only flight(s) are operated by the airline on which the booking is being made, then only one PNR will exist.
Tiruchchirappalli Junction railway station (also known as Trichy Junction railway station [3])(station code: TPJ [4]) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. [5]
There are passenger operated enquiry terminals and seven touch-screen PNR status machines in the station. [42] The station has three split-flap timing boards, [43] electronic display boards and plasma TVs that mention train timings and platform number.
Indian Railways operates various manufacturing units. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), commissioned in 1950, was the first locomotive manufacturing unit in India. [ 42 ] The first rail coache manufacturing unit, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) was established at Madras in 1956. [ 47 ]