IRCTC, which could lose its monopoly in the e-ticketing business after a recent decision by Railways, has registered the highest ticket sale on a single day on Tuesday with the figure touching Rs 25.16 crore.
About 5.49 lakh passengers booked 3,16,412 tickets on August 3 through its website which was the highest booking achieved so far since the organisation came into being eight years back, an IRCTC official said today.
Ironically, this comes against the backdrop of Railways deciding to start an e-portal which would also sell rail tickets apart from providing other services.
The move could end IRCTC's monopoly in this business.
The official said on August 3, IRCTC also registered another record by selling 27,782 e-tickets in a single hour between 12 pm and 1 pm. It also marked booking of 42 per cent of all railway tickets.