Railways to launch mobile-based application for the Monthly season tickets and platform tickets
Posted on: 02/Sep/2015 9:52:34 AM
Railways are planning to launch a mobile-based application for the Monthly season tickets and platform tickets shortly. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu here today said that paperless monthly season tickets and platform tickets in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata are to be launched in next few days.
He said this while launching the paperless unreserved ticketing system for Delhi-Palwal suburban section here. Prabhu also launched two other IT-based initiatives - cash/smart card-operated ticket-vending machine at the New Delhi Railway Station and a mobile app for freight operation monitoring named as `Parichaalan`.
The app, which is for both Android and Windows-based platforms, can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Windows Store by the user. The application provides necessary on-screen alerts to guide the passenger during the booking process.
Payment for the ticket is done through the "railway wallet" feature in the app. After booking the ticket, the passenger will get ticket confirmation screen, which will contain limited information about the ticket.
