PNR Status is related to the reservation of railway ticket which comes under Indian railway industry that is the IRCTC. The full form of PNR is Passenger Name Record. If you make a ticket reservation by the Indian railway, this record is updated on their database. With the help of this number, you can get to know about the itinerary with the IRCTC of the person on whose name this number has been generated.The PNR status (Passenger Name Record) number comprise of 10 digit code. This code is mentioned on the left side of the ticket at the corner. It is basically a record that is maintained by the Central Reservation System (CRS) database by the Indian railway.

This can be generated only after all the information related to the traveler is generated like the name of the passenger, his or her gender, age, the number of the train, the journey class, the preference of the berth, contact information, etc.

In case you wish to enquire anything related to the journey, you can do that by giving the PNR number to Railway Enquiry or you can check your PNR Status online. You can also get information related to any kind of train enquiry like the train time, live train status, etc., by using the PNR Status.

Where is PNR number written on the ticket?

PNR number is normally on the top of the ticket at the left corner, if you have purchased the ticket from the railway station. On the E-tickets, the PNR Number is written on the top in a different box.

PNR status can be checked in many ways depending upon the way you prefer. Mostly people do PNR status enquiry through -

• Online PNR status enquiry on IRCTC website - www.indianrail.gov.in is official Indian Railway Portal where you can check your PNR status. It is managed by Centre for Railway Information Systems, CRIS. www.irctc.co.in is IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) website where you can do online Ticket Booking. You just have to login to IRCTC website and check the 'Booked Ticket History' to check your PNR status.
• SMS facility to check the Current reservation status - there are mainly 2 sms services which are 139 sms service and 5676747 sms service. You can type your PNR number and sms to any of these 2 numbers to know your PNR status
• Using different Mobile applications
• Calling or visiting Enquiry counters
• Reservation charts on the platform

• Electronic Ticket or E-Ticket is booked online on IRCTC website. The printout of this ticket can be used along with ID to travel.
• I-Tickets are booked at the railway reservation by going at the booking counter on the railway station.

When tickets are not confirmed, Waiting Tickets are given to the passengers depending upon different quotas set by Indian Railway -
GNWL (General Waiting List), CKWL (Tatkal Waiting List), RLWL (Remote Location Waiting List), RQWL (Request Waiting List), PQWL (Pooled Quota Waiting List), RLGN (Remote Location General Waiting List), RSWL (Roadside Station Waiting List)

These days’ people prefer to do everything from their home. Likewise, they would like to do online train ticket booking. With the launch of Indian railway website called IRCTC, the train ticket booking becomes easier. Passengers have to spend only little time for theonline train ticket booking. However, passengers need to have a login id and password to do ticket booking. Otherwise, IRCTCwebsitewould not allow passengers to book tickets. The online train ticket booking should be done in the following ways.

• Foremost, the passengers have to visit Indian railway website.
• Then, passengers have to enter their IRCTC login id and password.
• After that, passengers will be directed inside to the Indian railway website.
• Passengers should select the purpose that either they want to book tickets or to check PNR status or train times.
• Then passengers will be navigated to the required page. And then, passengers have to enter the ticket particulars including passengers’ name, age, train number, traveling destination and departure station.
• Once these details are entered, the passengers have to click on the submit button.

That is it, ticket booking is done. Besides booking tickets, you can also check PNR status and train times using the website. Added to that, you can do train enquiry using the website. What are you waiting for? Just visit the railway website and get done your tasks within some minutes. You can also use toll free numbers to check PNR status, to do train enquiry and to check train times.

Indian railways and IRCTC share an important place inside the central administration machinery. IRCTC has been Indian Railways' best service ever shaped. IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited) came into online processes, when the Internet was attaining momentum in the country. It is the marketing share of the Indian Railways and both are occupied together to bring a reformation to structural performance.

Railway reservation can be done virtually for any session. From AC coaches to incapacity support, everything can be reserved online at IRCTC. There is a wide spread feedback machinery setup by Indian Railways in order to produce general public opinion about all including IRCTC, Indian Rail operations. Such activities help the Indian railway Gov. association stay abreast with public request and prospects. Visiting endpoints by train is always fun. Right from the leaving to arrival, people will enjoy countless experiences; the diverse sets as they pass by are no doubt a banquet for the eyes. IRCTC of Indian Railways always invents, introducing passenger advantage letters from time to time. When the ticket is reserved, the information is given via PNR status.

In addition, the train time can be checked by going to the certified website. Passengers can also do the train enquiry online without worsening any time by sitting at their homes. After the booking of the rail ticket, the passengers receive a PNR and by checking the PNR Status, one can know the seat, which they are allotted and more details regarding their travel. Indian railway Gov. plays a major role in giving information to the people.