The IRCTC website and app experienced a major outage for the third time this month, disrupting Tatkal ticket bookings just before New Year.

The IRCTC website experienced a significant outage this morning, affecting Tatkal ticket bookings during peak hours. Downdetector noted a surge in use

Notably, all three times the IRCTC website and application outage was initiated around 9.50 AM, which was 10 minutes before the Tatkal ticket bookings opened. Today, till around 9.48 am, there were no reports of any outages.

The IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website and mobile app for booking train tickets was down today ahead of the New Year - the third such outage this month.

The IRCTC website faced a major outage this morning, disrupting Tatkal ticket bookings at 10 AM. Passengers met errors, stating that bookings and cancellations would be unavailable for the next hour.

Users attempting to access the IRCTC website were met with a message stating, 'Booking and Cancellation for All site will not be available for next hour. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.'

The IRCTC website is down again, with several users facing issues in booking tatkal tickets. Passengers attempting to access the platform were met with errors stating, "Booking and cancellation for all site will not be available for next hour. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.”

IRCTC's website crashed again this morning. The surprising thing is that the IRCTC site is down at the time of Tatkal ticket booking. IRCTC website is getting a message that maintenance work is going on at present.

The IRCTC ticket booking platform faced its third outage during the high-demand Tatkal period, causing a one-hour disruption on Tuesday morning.

The IRCTC website is down again, impacting users' ability to book tatkal tickets. Many users have taken to social media to voice their frustrations, calling for improvements in the website's infrastructure and technology.