Now view reservation chart, vacant berths online on IRCTC website

New Delhi: Indian Railways has launched a new feature on IRCTC website that will enable passengers to view reserved charts online and see the status of vacant seats while booking.

"A new feature on IRCTC to ensure transparency when booking berths has been launched. With customer-friendly features and an enhanced visual experience reservation charts have been made available to the public" read a tweet posted by the official page of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

पारदर्शिता की ओर एक और कदम बढाते हुए यात्रा से पहले तैयार होने वाला रिजर्वेशन चार्ट अब यात्रियों के लिये https://t.co/GSouHvPBNw पर ऑनलाइन उपलब्ध रहेगा। यात्री इस चार्ट से श्रेणी, कोच, तथा उपलब्ध खाली सीटों की जानकारी ले कर ऑनबोर्ड टिकट बुक करा सकते हैं। pic.twitter.com/BPmgQO7Eeh

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 27, 2019

Just like booking a ticket in an airline, the newly-embedded feature will display the layout of nine classes of coaches and will give a graphical representation of the train coaches along with berth-wise accommodation status on the IRCTC website.

Based on the information of seat availability, passengers will be able to approach the TTE on board for ticket booking as well, says Indian Railways.

At the Launch of Public View of Train Charts & Vacant Berths https://t.co/DKLDbuqvnS

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 27, 2019

Goyal on Wednesday said, "Complete information of vacant berths from train source as well as intermediate locations will be available to the user. The prospective customer can use the information for onboard booking of vacant berths by TTE as per business rules. This feature is available on the web as well as mobile version. This will make the entire process transparent."