| Address: Burdwan, West Bengal |
I was travelling from Ranchi, Jharkhand to Asansol, West Bengal on 29th June 2015 by RNC-HWH Intercity Express(Train No. 18628). PNR No: [protected]. At the time of booking the status was WL14.
On[protected], I got a text message from IRCTC confirming my ticket status as C1, 38.
I was assured I had a confirmed ticket and planned for my travel.
On[protected], i.e. just a day before my travel date, at 03:27 pm I got a text message from IRCTC stating that my current ticket status is WL, 2 and that the "chart has been re-prepared due to technical reasons".
I panicked as I had commitments at work and had to reach on time the next day.I thought of trying for a Tatkal Ticket but since I got the message so late in the evening, I could not even book Tatkal ticket as it was not allowed by then.
I could term this conduct by IRCTC as sheer negligence to a passenger's concern.
But since I had to reach work on time, I boarded the train the next day. Quickly, I met the TTE and explained them the mishaps and told them that I needed to travel by this train only and that they look into the matter.
What was totally surprising, was that they completely neglected my plea and stated that it was none of their concern as they are from Indian Railways and the ticketing is done by IRCTC and any compaints regarding it would not be entertained by them.
After that they booked a ticket for me with penalty. They completely denied any responsibility for all that had happened.
So I would like to draw concern over all this commotion and inconvenience that I have gone through only because of the inefficiency of IRCTC and Indian Railways. If some technical problem occurred at their side, they should have been responsible enough to offer some alternate arrangements for the passenger who suffered only because of their negligence and inefficiency.
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation [IRCTC] customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Same problem happened with me too.
I have booked ticket on Train "Grand Trunk Express" from Chennai to Delhi, journey date was 24/06/2015. No information regarding self cancellation of ticket was provided. And now when am asking for refund IRCTC people are saying that cancellation date is over. This is injustice to customer. I have booked the ticket which cost around Rs 12120/- and its a huge amount.
Lets find the solution and file a case against railways.
Many people are affected by this irrelevant rule if railway, this is mental harassment to customer. Railways are doing the loot this way.
If there is rule, there should be proper information also, else customer will not agree with that rule. This is cheating with the customer.