IRCTC ends 4% higher after launching online bus ticket booking services

IRCTC ticketing website for train and flights has now launched online bus ticket booking services. The bus ticket booking services website went live on January 29, it informed the exchanges on Friday. A few days ago, IRCTC made its revamped website official along with Rail Connect app.

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd ended at Rs1,618.40 per piece up by Rs64 or 4.12% from its previous closing of Rs1,554.40 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs1,564 and touched a high and low of Rs1,629 and Rs1,561.35 respectively during intraday trade on Monday.

To book bus tickets online, users can go to https://www.bus.irctc.co.in/home. Users can enter their details departure and arrival details. The travellers can also select seats and choose buses as per their preferences.

"IRCTC under the leadership of Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is gradually moving towards firmly positioning itself as the first government ''One Stop Shop Travel Portal'' of the country,” IRCTC read.

“In a recent development for providing a more holistic travel experience to the customers, IRCTC that is already in the business of online rail and flight tickets booking launched its online bus booking services that went live for the service of the nation on January 29 2021,” it added.

Before booking the buses, users can also check out the pictures of the buses. As per the website, tickets can be booked for a maximum of six passengers can be booked in one transaction. Users can also book all fleets of state road transport corporation buses including UPSRTC, APSRTC, GSRTC, OSRTC, Kerala RTC, etc.

The integration of this service over IRCTC Mobile-app is expected to be completed in the first week of March, which will enable the public to book bus tickets through mobile too.

As per the IRCTC statement, the IRCTC has collaborated with more than 50,000 state road transport as well as private bus operators covering 22 states and three union territories for providing online bus booking services to the customers.