In a second such incidence in a month, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's (IRCTC) online ticketing platform was briefly down on Thursday morning due to maintenance activity. However, the online ticket-booking platforms are back and working properly now.

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On opening the IRCTC app, we could see a 'unable to perform action due to maintenance activity' error.

Today's outage provoked fury among customers who were seeking to buy tatkal tickets, which may be booked one day before the train departs from the originating station. The AC classes start at 10 AM, while non-AC sessions begin at 11 AM.

In an advisory, IRCTC suggested that travellers who wanted to cancel their tickets should do so by calling customer service or emailing their ticket information for a Ticket Deposit Receipt (TDR). IRCTC supplied the following contact information for cancellation assistance:

Customer Care Numbers: 14646, 08044647999, 08035734999

Email: etickets@irctc.co.in