Indian Railway Ticket Status on Phone

Computerization has made it a lot easier to book the ticket with Indian railways. Gone are the days when I used to fret with the imagination of standing in long queues for getting reservation, on mercy of "Sarkari Babu" gone for tea break in between working hours. Initially there were hicups in the way irctc.co.in used to work but now it looks good.

Recently I got the reservation in waiting list and knew that it's possible to see the status online of your waiting list ticket which is a far relief again from the days when you got to know about your ticket confirmation only after reaching train station. Now based on the availability check ahead in time (2-4 hours before train departs), you can plan what to do next. However again it's not possible to have internet connection and laptop everywhere unless you have internet connected phone.

So I thought it would have been great if the same (availability check) is available on phone too. By chance, I dialed to one of my friends and asked him if he would have time to let me know about my ticket confirmation from internet when I am away on the road. The next thing what he told me is what I really wanted.

It's certainly possible to look at waiting-list ticket status on phone by dialing 139 from any phone from anywhere. It will ask you the PNR number of your train ticket and will provide information on the current status of your ticket. It's also possible to know about the arrival and departure of a train and book ticket with cash-card using 139.

I felt great to know about it and thought others like me who don't know about it should know it too.