You might receive a train ticket you ordered online the next time at your door. In order to better serve its customers, IRCTC has added a “pay on delivery” option. Now, you may have your tickets delivery to your home. And you can choose to pay for them in advance or when they arrive.

In order to avoid paying touts and travel agents. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation now permits customers to purchase train tickets online. This move will function like magic for passengers who rely on travel agents to organize, reserve, and maintain their tickets. The IRCTC hopes that more passengers will switch to online booking of tickets. Now that tickets are available to you in the comfort of your home. Like the Food Delivery in Train, you will receive your ticket at home. For which you can pay cash on delivery as well.

This Is All You Have To Do:

In order to use the cash on delivery payment option, a consumer must register once. To use this payment method, they must present either their PAN card or their Aadhaar card.For transactions up to Rs 5,000, there are additional fees of Rs 90 plus sales tax. And for transactions exceeding Rs 5,000, there are further fees of Rs 120 plus tax. The customer will be responsible for the cancellation. And delivery fees in the event of a refusal or cancellation prior to delivery.

One only needs to purchase the ticket online, and money will be collected when the tickets are delivered. According to a senior IRCTC official involved in the project.

The service will first be offered in more than 200 cities under this pilot programme, which has just been established. Five days before the start of the trip, customers can reserve a ticket.

Each delivery fee for a Sleeper Class ticket will be Rs 40. Whereas an AC Class delivery fee will be Rs 60.

How Does Cash on Delivery Operate?

For instance, online shoppers may order products and ask for delivery. Cash on delivery is chosen as the method of payment. The payment option chosen is cash on delivery. In place of making a payment when the item is order, by the customer.After the order is done, the seller creates a bill, which is then attach to the package.The seller ships the package to the address given by the client. The client can pay the courier or shipper with cash or a credit card. The logistics partner’s or shipper’s account is then paid with the COD amount. After subtracting the handling fees, the logistics company transfers the money to the seller’s account.

It’s just like we get Food Delivery in Train, now we can also get ticket delivery at our home.

It will be easier for customers who currently book tickets through travel agents. To switch to online booking if tickets are deliver to their doorstep and a pay-on-delivery option is available.

The Cash On Delivery Option Offered By IRCTC:

All you need to do is create an online account and purchase tickets. With the change, IRCTC has simply expanded its customer service capabilities. The IRCTC has now added the payment option of cash on delivery.This was previously limited to electronic payments made with credit and debit cards, internet banking, and electronic checks.

From Lines To A Digital Platform:

The IRCTC hopes that the change will encourage passengers. Who currently use travel agencies and railway reservation counters. To switch to the online platform. The strategy is thought to be cost-effective while reducing the amount of time and effort spent in drawn-out reservation lineups. Passengers will also benefit from this if their online translation ever becomes unreliable. And they are not able to book a ticket. But now with this feature they can book tickets online and make payment offline as well. It’s like the same way we order food in train and pay the delivery partner after receiving our order.

How to utilize IRCTC’s ePayLater “Book Now, Pay Later” feature:

You must register on ePayLater in order to access ePayLater’s services on IRCTC.

The user will need a phone number for OTP activation, an email address. And a PAN card number in order to open a new account on ePayLater.

Once your ePayLater account is set up, access the IRCTC website by going to irctc.co.in.Log in and complete all the fields to make a reservation. Choose the “pay later” option under the payment section.

IRCTC will take you to the ePayLater website once you choose the “Make Payment” option. Where you must check in using your registered mobile number and an OTP. ePayLater will then pay the ticket fee to IRCTC, and your train ticket will be reserved.

For reference, you can save or print your railway tickets from irctc.co.in.

It is necessary to pay ePayLater the fee for the ticket reservation. Within 14 days of the reservation’s original date.

Benefit Of This New Feature:

The advantage of the pay later function ensures that users will experience less wait. While buying tickets and avoiding payment gateway errors.

IRCTC claims that if payment isn’t paid within 14 days, there will be a 36% annual penalty rate expense, and tickets may occasionally be withdrawn or user accounts taken down.