Sunday, March 27, 2011

How to find train arrival time at any station online

Train journey in India is an adventure. Adventure because there are so many uncertainties from train arrival till the time you reach your destination. One issue which bothers passengers most is train arrival time, and if you are aware of the apathy displayed by inquiry guys you know how irritating it gets to inquire about arrival time.
Now you need not be concerned. This is how you can know the status of any running train and when will it arrive at your station. Just follow steps below

1) Open website www.trainenquiry.com. Click on "Passing by Trains" marked in YELLOW

 
 2) Now enter name of station you are looking for. For eg "PUNE". Click on search. You will see list of stations being populated in the right. Select one from these and click "GO".



3) You will come to a page which will show details of all the trains which will pass through that station in coming 24 hours. Select name of train you are interested in. For eg, Koyana Express. After that you click on "VIEW RUNNING STATUS"



4) You will come to a page which will show current running status of that train. It shows in real time and is updated every 30 mins approx. This way you get to know the latest position of that train and expected arrival time at any station.



Trick :
1) I you want to know when did that train arrive at the same location a day earlier, do this

In address bar you will notice this
http://www.trainenquiry.com/RunningTT_Display.aspx?drop_sel=11029&date=27%2f03%2f2011&queryDisplay=11029%2cKOYNA+EXPRESS

change this address bar to this ( i am changing to previous day)
http://www.trainenquiry.com/RunningTT_Display.aspx?drop_sel=11029&date=26%2f03%2f2011&queryDisplay=11029%2cKOYNA+EXPRESS

there are some more, which you can explore yourself :-)

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Now what if you don't have internet access? You still can find when the train will arrive without going to the enquiry booth. Dial 139 from you mobile you will be taken to IVR from which you can find train arrival time as well as other information like PNR status and so on.

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