My friend Vinod sent this link, when i read subject line i am excited to see now what from google, I read the mail and tried the links it was simply amazing!. We always complain with IRCTC or any other web portal which don't have any live info here is the answer for that. You can interact with the virtual person ;-) sitting beside cleartrip.
It's very simple to get started
Add cleartrip.trains@gmail.com to your Gtalk friend list to search the Indian railways train.
After ten minutes you see "cleartrip.trains" is added to your gtalk list and shows available.
So once you are done with this process just type "command" to get commands to interact it will list all the commands available for user (its a kinda help in other terms) as shown below
cleartrip.trains:
book followed by train number and optionally passenger details - to book ticket. Ex. 'book 2925' and 'book 2925 adults 1 children 2 senior male 1 senior female 1'
pnr pnr number - check pnr status. Ex. 'pnr 123 4567890'
return date - search for return journey. Ex 'return 10th march'
avail train number - check availability of a train. Ex. 'avail 2925'
invite gmail id - invite friends
feedback your message - to send feedback to cleartrip
clear - clear your search history
So i thought i should give a shot to check this i entered following text in the chat window
me: Bangalore Gulbarga Mar 12 3A
cleartrip.trains: Searching for trains between Bangalore and GULBARGA on 12 Mar class 3A
6513 - Basava express Rs. 716, @ 17:25 [Available 18]
1014 - Lokmanya tt exp Rs. 738, @ 15:25 [Waitlist 11]
2627 - Karnataka exp Rs. 769, @ 19:20 [Waitlist 6]
6530 - Udyan exp Rs. 738, @ 20:10 [Waitlist 7]
To check availability say 'avail' followed by train number
To book say 'book' followed by train number and passenger details. Ex. 'book 2925 adult 1 child 1 senior female 1'
This is a amazing piece of work .. google is making life a lot more easier
GOOGLE ROCKS!!!
