DELHI
SMS-based train ticket booking has not caught on yet, even though Internet-based ticketing is in high demand.
Two weeks after the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) launched SMS-based train ticket booking, only 135-140 tickets are booked every day.
This is less than five per cent of the 3.85 lakh train tickets that are booked online every day on an average. This is also under two per cent of the 8.5 lakh train tickets booked daily, both online and offline.
“We are booking an average of 130 tickets a day through SMS-based booking,” said an IRCTC official.
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