Overview
- IRCTC said it booked 2,006,353 tickets on Monday, September 7, 2026, then processed 1,950,699 bookings on September 8, marking the highest single‑day volumes on its platform.
- The company credits a July 15 UI beta and a backend NGeT refresh for expanding system capacity to roughly twice its earlier level.
- Anti‑BOT measures and a Content Delivery Network cut malicious automated traffic by about 55–65 percent, and IRCTC restricts authorised agents from the first 10 minutes of ARP openings while allowing only Aadhaar‑authenticated users during the opening window.
- IRCTC reports that NGeT now handles roughly 13.3–17.4 million logins and 1.7–2.0 million bookings on ARP opening days, that about 89% of reserved tickets are booked online, and that the platform did not suffer outages during the surge.
- The operator says it has deactivated and revalidated large numbers of accounts to curb misuse but published figures differ between outlets; the changes aim to improve booking fairness ahead of the busy Diwali advance‑reservation period and should reduce scalping and fraud if sustained.