The IRCTC website is facing a major outage on Tuesday morning, disrupting Tatkal train ticket bookings during the critical 10 AM window.
IRCTC DOWN: The official website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) faced a massive outage on Tuesday morning, disrupting the booking of Tatkal tickets during peak hours. Passengers attempting to book tickets on the website encountered errors stating, This revision enhances readability and ensures grammatical accuracy. “Booking and cancellation for all site will not be available for next hour. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted”
This isn’t the first time IRCTC has faced recent technical hitches; it experienced another major glitch on December 26. The latest hiccup stirred a wave of agitation among users, particularly those frantic to nab Tatkal tickets—tickets that are only available for reservation a day before the journey.
As the day progressed, outage-tracking service, Downdetector identified an upward trend in reported glitches during the morning hours. It estimated that roughly 700 users reported about facing issues.
Furious users took to social media platforms to express their anger. Several accused the IRCTC system of being manipulated.
While others claimed that they were able to book only premium Tatkal tickets, double the standard rates after the service was restored.
“Dear@IRCTCofficial, your tour services have consistently failed to meet expectations. Booking Tatkal tickets has been a frustrating experience, both 10 years ago and even now. It might be time to reconsider offering services that do not meet acceptable standards. @RailMinIndia,” wrote one user on X (formerly Twitter).
Another wrote “Why can’t the engineers/Govt think of any alternate solutions for irctc tatkal bottleneck? I have always faced problems when booking tatkal, what’s the purpose of a system if it cannot serve a purpose?”.
