Railways Irctc Guide: sign-up

To book Indian Railway ticket on the internet at the ease and convenience of home or office all one needs to have is a Internet Banking account or Credit card or Itz Cash Card, internet access and destination to travel to !

But first, we need to have a Log-in id into IRCTC's website (IRCTC is a Government of India company entrusted with selling Railway tickets online on the internet). This blog post provides a step-by-step guide to creating a log-in. (we will tell you how-to-book in the next post).
Your irctc sign-up is a 5 step process. We are presenting it to you with the example name of Raj Saxena.

1. Start at the home page of IRCTC, http://www.irctc.co.in/, and click on "SignUp"

2. Type in the desired username and check for its availability. Irctc, being a popular website, many common usernames may have already been taken up ! So you might have to choose an alphanumeric username.

Also, put in your desired Password. to check this is what you intended, retype the password.

Choose a security question and type the answer for it. hquestion will be used, to verify your identity, in case your forget your password.

3. Give Other details like address, ( address is very important, in case you are taking physical delivery of the ticket instead of priniting it out, so give precise address carefully)