IRCTC's payment gateway gains traction, handles 125,000 transactions daily

IRCTC introduces Autopay feature to ensure more reliable ticket booking

The inhouse payment gateway of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), i-PAY, is now processing more than 125,000 transactions every day. A statement from IRCTC said that i-PAY facilitates payments for booking railway tickets, air tickets and tour packages on the IRCTC website and mobile app.

It is one of the multiple payment gateways available to users on the IRCTC website and mobile apps.

“When launched in the month of Apr-2019, i-PAY did only 5.8 per cent of total online rail ticket booking, which has increased to 13 per cent. At present, i-PAY has been made live in various