IRCTC Wants To Book 7,200 e-tickets Per Minute - The Website Needs An Upgrade
The Indian Online Railway Reservation System dependent wholly and solely on the IRCTC website is now taking part in what appears to be a stunt of sorts. The news became unsettling for many when, #-Link-Snipped-# shared that it is IRCTC's grand strategy to book 7,200 e-tickets per minute as it targets shortening the gap between the huge demand and meagre supply. In this era, when blogposts titled 'best times to book a ticket on IRCTC' or 'If you love someone, book a tatkal ticket for them' thrive and prosper, this astonishing feat will be something to look forward to. The stats say that currently IRCTC is able to book about 2000 tickets per minute while handling about 1.2 lakh concurrent connections on web servers. So, the question arises - Do we really need to crowd this crowd? All that the site needs right now is a performance upgrade.
Working up to it and planning to invest Rs. 100 crore in empowering the website, IRCTC's Managing Director R K Tandon explained the action plan for capacity enhancement in a presentation to the Railway Minister CP Joshi at a review meeting in the presence of Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal and CRIS Managing Director Sunil Kumar. So, they are looking into developing a next-gen (?) software and what we're hoping to be more powerful servers. Eh?
Spilling out more data for us, it is now out there that the upgrading of website is a continuous process because the average bookings per day have increased from 3.67 lakh in 2012 to 4.15 lakh now. They say that 37% of the railway tickets are booked online. But are Indians happy with that numbers? With WiFi and broadband reaching thousands of people, it's time those digits rise up to at least 50%. We all want to get rid of all the frustrating tweets about failed attempts to book tickets online, especially the Tatkal ones at 10 am, right?
It is just good to know that the officials know the feedback that the site receives and is taking actions on improving the site for better results. We all can't wait to see the day when we are able to book the tickets within minutes. Till then, here's a sheepish question - what is the best time to book your railway tatkal tickets via IRCTC, anyway? Share with us in comments.
Working up to it and planning to invest Rs. 100 crore in empowering the website, IRCTC's Managing Director R K Tandon explained the action plan for capacity enhancement in a presentation to the Railway Minister CP Joshi at a review meeting in the presence of Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal and CRIS Managing Director Sunil Kumar. So, they are looking into developing a next-gen (?) software and what we're hoping to be more powerful servers. Eh?
It is just good to know that the officials know the feedback that the site receives and is taking actions on improving the site for better results. We all can't wait to see the day when we are able to book the tickets within minutes. Till then, here's a sheepish question - what is the best time to book your railway tatkal tickets via IRCTC, anyway? Share with us in comments.
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Anil JainThere is no best time to book your tatkal ticket from IRCTC.. 😁
A day before your travel day, Tatkal ticket opens st 10 AM IST, website stop responding (VERY VERY slow) for fifteen minutes (If you are not super duper lucky), within, 15 minutes lucky folks and agents books all the available tickets.
Normal people like me curse IRCTC tatkal ticket system a bit, and move away..
Apologies for being aggressive.
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Ankita Katdare
True Story. And it makes you wonder - it has to be one of the most used Government Websites. Isn't that a reason big enough to make it perform the best?crazyboyThere is no best time to book your tatkal ticket from IRCTC.. 😁
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Kaustubh KatdareThe folks responsible for managing the IRCTC website really need to upgrade their servers. There used to be times when the website used to work just fine; but not anymore. I wish the team all the best for their new ambition.
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Anil JainI don't know why there is restriction, for ticket booking between 10 to 8 only, why not round the clock,
Till they get permanent solution, removing this restriction would definitely ease out the response issue during peak hours.
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Anand TamariyaRs. 100 crore for performance upgrade!!! - I want this consultancy project!!!
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