You are right that it is a beta version and may still be under development, but the current implementation suggests that accessibility requirements were not taken into account during the initial design phase, and the focus of this revamped website appears to be on increased ticket booking capacity, performance enhancements, and interface simplification rather than inclusive design. If you look at the 12 major highlighted upgrades <https://x.com/IndianTechGuide/status/2076517004001857935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2076517004001857935%7Ctwgr%5E756ce0130523f6185bfe947ea24e62df17adda63%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mathrubhumi.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Fnew-irctc-website-launch-2026-features-vme546tr>, none of them addresses digital accessibility at all. Beta versions generally reflect the near-final experience of a website. Given the fundamental accessibility challenges we have witnessed in this beta version, like issues with essential ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, and screen reader support, it seems unlikely that we will see major structural changes to the existing experiences in the final release, especially when accessibility was not part of the initial design consideration.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM Vaibhav Bhandari < [email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps the site is still under development as it is a beta version. > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM Bikram <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think accessibility was never a primary consideration during the design >> phase of this website. While there are serious accessibility issues across >> the entire website, I believe we should first highlight the ones that >> critically impact core functionality like the booking flow and payment >> experience, as well as widely used features such as PNR enquiry, train >> schedule, booking history, and ticket cancellation. >> If we plan to send a representation to CRIS and the Ministry of Railways, >> we should categorize the issues based on user impact, severity, and fixing >> priority so that the most critical problems are addressed first. >> For example, I really do not understand why they removed the >> functionality of manually typing the desired travel date, and I find >> serious accessibility issues with the calendar component they are using for >> this purpose. >> I think they are using a much older version, likely version 10 or >> earlier, of the PrimeNG p-calendar component with some custom styling >> overrides and Angular Reactive Forms integration. This calendar component >> has quite a lot of known accessibility issues. For example, missing >> accessible names for individual dates and the next and previous month >> buttons, no programmatic indication of disabled dates, no live region >> implementation to announce month and year changes, missing aria-selected >> state to indicate the current selection, missing essential ARIA attributes >> like aria-controls and aria-owns, and issues with basic keyboard >> interaction and focus management. >> They need to upgrade the PrimeNG p-calendar component to version 16 or >> later with the desired modifications for better accessibility. >> Alternatively, they can use any other accessible components, like >> NgxDatePickerComponent, Duet Date Picker or similar such components based >> on technical feasibility. >> Apart from the date picker, there are some other notable issues as well, >> like no information for screen reader users to indicate the specific days >> on which the train runs, missing heading tags for the trains to easily jump >> across the available options, no information about the selected travel date >> when navigating back to the trigger control, no prefix before the departure >> time, trip duration, and arrival time, a significant number of unlabelled >> controls on the Passenger Details screen, and missing tab focus and roles >> for the Edit and Delete passenger buttons, to name a few. >> >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM Devender Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> Post this review on irctc and railway ministry twitter page >>> >>> On Thu, 16 Jul, 2026, 7:20 pm Vaibhav Bhandari, < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I would like to add a few more accessibility related observations: >>>> 1. On the IRCTC eQuery interface (https://equery.irctc.co.in/), the >>>> combo-boxes for selecting categories and sub-categories are not labeled. >>>> Additionally, there is no option to report accessibility-specific issues >>>> under the website or mobile app categories. >>>> 2. The "Contact Us" dialogue box appears in the middle of the page >>>> directly after the navigation links, which is unusual compared to most >>>> websites where it typically appears at the top or bottom. >>>> Regarding where to send our representation, the email address for CRIS >>>> was not working when I last checked. We might want to try reaching out via >>>> their 24/7 helpline as a starting point. >>>> On a different note, I did not experience issues with the station >>>> selection combo-boxes. Typing a few letters of the station and navigating >>>> the filtered results with the Tab key worked well for me. While it differs >>>> from the traditional,simpler method of selecting combo-box options, I found >>>> it to be an interesting approach and a breath of fresh air to be fair 😀. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM Zoher Kheriwala <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, friends Asyou all are aware that IRCTC has launched its new >>>>> website for ticket booking, which is in beta form right now. I tried to >>>>> use >>>>> this website and found following observation regarding accessibility. >>>>> >>>>> I found following issues regarding accessibility of the new website of >>>>> IRCTC. >>>>> 1. Identical page title for home page, log in page and post log in >>>>> booking page. This makes blind and cognitivedisabled to identify the >>>>> exact page they are on. >>>>> 2. Missing link for skip to main content. The skip to main content >>>>> link must be provided in header region for key board only user to bypass >>>>> repeated blocks. >>>>> 3. Missing h1. Heading level 1 which should be provided to main >>>>> content so screen reader users can jump to the main content directly. >>>>> 4. Inappropriate heading structure. The hierarchy of heading number >>>>> is not followed which may confuse screen reader user to navigate entire >>>>> page. >>>>> 5. Missing list markup. List markup is missing for list of options >>>>> provided under navigation region >>>>> 6. Missing key board support for buttons under navigation region. The >>>>> buttons are not activated upon pressing enter on it. >>>>> 7. Missing instruction for mandatory fields. No instruction in text >>>>> format is provided saying that which fields are compulsory and which >>>>> are not. It makes specially cognitive user to fill form difficult. >>>>> 8. Incorrect selection of input field. The input field for from and >>>>> to station has given as combo box. 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