IRCTC website stalled, train ticket booking, cancellation, immediate service closed

Online booking of tickets from IRCTC, the online ticket booking platform of Indian Railways, cancellation, Tatkal ticket booking is all closed. Booking of tickets could not be done on Monday due to the failure of the IRCTC website.

IRCTC DOWN: Online booking of tickets from IRCTC, the online ticket booking platform of Indian Railways, cancellation, Tatkal ticket booking is all closed. Booking of tickets could not be done on Monday due to the failure of the IRCTC website. Railway passengers were seen worried, especially those who want to book immediate tickets. As soon as the booking window opened, the IRCTC server was down.

Booking of tickets closed for 1 hour

People are complaining about this on social media, although so far no details have been shared by IRCTC about this. Downtime message is coming when you log in to the IRCTC website. It is written in the message that due to maintenance work, the e-ticketing service will be suspended for the next 1 hour. At the same time, people are being asked to email calling the customer care number to file ticket cancellation, TDR. Usually, the maintenance of IRCTC's server is done at night, but as soon as it was time to book the Tatkal ticket at 10 am, the server was down. Those who cut Tatkal tickets are facing a lot of trouble. People are expressing their displeasure on social media. People are asking a variety of questions by tagging IRCTC.

Is there a cyber attack?

People are talking about cyber attacks when the site is down. Because people are not able to digest the talk of maintenance since 10 o'clock. Actually, ticket booking for AC Tatkal is done at 10 am. At the same time, non-AC booking is done from 11 o'clock. Due to IRCTC's service being down, both of them are not being booked. People are waiting for a response from IRCTC.