Travel: IRCTC Launches Bus Ticketing Facility
Ahmedabad: The people planning to travel by bus can book their tickets through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). A subsidiary company of the Indian Railways, IRCTC will now make available the facility of bus ticketing as well. The IRCTC was already the go-to platform for train and flight bookings, but now the last mile connectivity will also be given to the passengers.
According to the information the busses will be operated to different destinations in 22 states and 3 union territories. The corporation will not charge any additional fee from the passenger for this.
The Indian Railways had a long trial run before the bus ticketing facility became fully operational on Monday.
IRCTC on its trial said that “Around 2000 to 2500 passengers were booking bus tickets every day through the IRCTC Rail Connect app during the trial run. The operators include both private and state government buses.”
According to the IRCTC, the operators include both private and state government buses. The trial of the new facility started several months ago. On Monday, the IRCTC fully launched the service for all the passengers after the successful trial.
The passengers, willing to travel by bus, have to visit www.bus.irctc.co.in the website.
As per the reports, about 50,000 bus operators across the country have associated with IRCTC to work with the corporation.
(_Vinayak Barot)
