Online travel services provider Yatra.com said in a press release isuued today that it has tied up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporatin Ltd (IRCTC) for providing train bookings on its website, www.yatra.com.

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IRCTC has provided the reservation backend while the booking site has been created by Yatra.com, the release said.

Under this service, users can view all available trains, timings, fares and seat availability for 5 days on a single screen, in addition to be book and cancel online. Tatkal seats and senior citizen quotas too are available for booking.

Speaking about the launch, Dhruv Shringi, Co-founder and CEO, Yatra.com, said, “Travel by Indian Railways is the single largest and most economical mode of public transport in India, with over 1.2 million travellers booking and travelling through 7,000 passenger trains daily."
 
Other travel portals such as Cleartrip.com are already providing online bookings on Indian Railways.

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