IRCTC Website and App Crash During Peak Holiday Ticketing Hours

A technical glitch disrupted online train ticket bookings for thousands in India, sparking frustration during a high-demand travel period.

The IRCTC website and mobile app were unavailable on December 26, 2024, due to maintenance, halting e-ticketing services for nearly two hours.
The outage occurred during peak Tatkal ticket booking hours, leaving passengers unable to secure or manage train reservations during the busy holiday season.
IRCTC issued a notice citing maintenance activity as the cause, marking the second major outage for the platform this month.
Social media users expressed widespread frustration, criticizing the platform's instability and the timing of the disruption during high-demand travel periods.
The outage also impacted IRCTC's stock performance, with shares dropping over 1% on the Bombay Stock Exchange and continuing a year-to-date decline of more than 10%.