Winter season is underway and the cold continues. In such a situation, people are going to the mountains to see snowfall. Also, because of New Year, people plan to visit places other than hill stations. In such a situation, while on one hand many people like to travel by their own vehicle, on the other hand many people travel by Indian train. For this you have to first book a train ticket, for which even today people are seen going to the broker. But if you want, you can book train tickets within minutes by creating your own IRCTC account. This saves both your time and extra money. So without any delay let us know how you can create your IRCTC account. In the next slides you can know about its process...

This is the simple way to create IRCTC account:-
Step 1

If you also book your train ticket through a broker, then now you do not need to do this because you can book the train ticket yourself by creating your IRCTC account.
For this, first of all you have to go to the official portal of Indian Railways, irctc.co.in/nget/train-search.

Step 2
After going to the website, you will see many options, out of which you have to click on the 'Registration' option visible at the top.
After this a form will open in front of you, which you have to fill.

Step 3
In this form you have to fill other information like your name, email ID, mobile number etc.
Then you have to create a user name and a password.
After this, you have to enter the password once again and confirm it.

Step 4
Then enter and answer security questions
Now enter Aadhaar number and gender, along with date of birth, email ID, mobile number and home address.
After this, OTP will come on your mobile number, enter it and then you can login and book your train ticket.

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