IRCTC has given its users PNR Location and shared travel plan to provide live train location on your smartphone with McArthur Trip. You should only have the latest version of the photos on your phone and, of course, a working Internet connection.
To make Indian train passengers life easy, with the help IRCTC partner MakeMyTrip, WhatsApp introduced a way to get PNR status & live train status by sending one message. All you have to do is just drop a WhatsApp message to MakeMyTrip to get PNR status.
Follow Steps To Get PNR (Passenger Name Record)Status Via WhatsApp:
Step1: Install the latest version of WhatsApp.Step2: Save ‘7349389104’ (Official WhatsApp number of MakeMyTrip) into your contact list.
Step3: After saving the number open your WhatsApp and search MakeMyTrip contact number and tap on it to open a chat window.
Step4: Now type your PNR number following by PNR like PNR 1234567890 and tap on the send button.
Step5: Once you send the PNR number, MakeMyTrip will access the PNR details from IRCTC. And once they got your PNR details they share that with you.
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Once you press the send button, MakeMyTrip will get all information (train dispatch, train arrival time etc) about provided train number from the IRCTC. And once they got the data of your demand they share it with you.
Benefits and Pitfalls To Check PNR Status:
Benefits: No need to waste much time on third-party apps, websites, or on 139 official rail inquiry number.Pitfalls: You may face a delay in receiving details. Because first MakeMyTrip fetches the data from IRCTC database and then send it to you. And response time will also depend on the number of inquiries.
Things To Kepp In Mind:
WhatsApp won’t reply until you see the ‘Blue Tick’ Mark on your send WhatsApp message.
So, this is How to check PNR status and live train status using Whatsapp, Do you think checking PNR/ Live Train Status via WhatsApp is a good idea or not? share your answer in the comment section.
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