ABOUT IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. has been set up by the Ministry of Railways with the basic purpose of hiving off entire catering and tourism activity of the railways to the new Corporation so as to professionalise and upgrade these services with public-private participation. Rail based Tourism in India will be the specific vehicle for achieving high growth in coordination with state agencies, tour operators, travel agents and the hospitality industry. Indian Railways span global volumes in hospitality and catering sectors with services provided to 13 million passengers everyday. Tourism Railway Tourism has seen excellent growth in India.Right from IRCTC's inception , we have undertaken dynamic marketing strategy with major tour operators and State Tourism as our partners for providing exclusive tour packages across the country. IRCTC arranges for full train charters,coaches as well as reserved berth programmes through regular trains for tourism purposes. Internet Rail Reservation There has been a latent demand in the country for ticket availability at the door-step. IRCTC has already developed this facility at Delhi, Chennai,Bangalore,Kolkata and Mumbai. Very soon the facility will spread to Hyderabad,Pune and Ahmedabad. After consolidation at these centres, further development in the major towns will take place. IRCTC web enabled reservation site is www.irctc.co.in Food Plazas IRCTC has firmed up plans to set up over 50 multi-cuisine food plazas at major railway stations throughout the country during the current year. The Food plazas will have contemporary decor , air conditioned ambience and round the clock operation to suit passenger convenience with market driven competitve pricing. Call Center IRCTC has recently inaugurated a Call Center. A customer can dial 139 from anywhere in the country and get all information from Indian Railways.