Railway apps that are useful for travelers

Train travel that used to start from buying a ticket waiting in the long lines have now taken a turn digital mobile applications.

Every day on average, between 250 and 300 passengers are downloading the 'Food on the track' App in Southern Railway. 

Chennai: train rides that used to start from buying a ticket waiting in long lines, arriving at the station, grocery shopping, getting off the train and get to your destination have now taken a digital twist with mobile applications (applications) that dominates human procedures at all levels travel.

"Every day on average, between 250 and 300 passengers are downloading the 'Food on the track' App in Southern Railway. The feedback we receive from passengers in this IRCTC application is encouraging as food delivery for the train has always been punctual "S.Ganapathy, head of IT, IRCTC, Southern Railway said.

Some of them who has the sponsorship of more than 500 passengers per day are as follows:

UTS (Ticketing System without reservation) Application

The App UTS that could be downloaded on Android and Windows-based platforms has facilities for: a) the normal reserve, b) fast reservation, c) and d season tickets) ticket reservation platform. According to Southern Railway sources, at least 1,100 passengers daily download the application.

Centralised resolution of Public complaints and Control System (CPGRAMS)

The aim of CPGRAMS is used to correct the complaints of various departments / ministries / government organizations the issues raised by passengers.

The application that was introduced in April 2014 is enabled to provide accommodation online and track the status of citizen complaints online network. A passenger may submit a complaint, make a reminder and see the state.

Clean my coach

The application has been introduced in 43 divisions across the country has not yet been implemented in Southern Railway. The installation can be downloaded, and blackberry phone based on Windows Android makes it easy for passengers to ask for the cleaning staff in the compartment. More than 3,500 passengers have downloaded the application that was introduced experimentally in South Western railways within a month.

"The new system Ticketing unreservedly (UTS) that was introduced last year has really saved a lot of time and energy and has booked conveniently tickets because I do not need Travel Five km and standing in a long queue" , T..Rajagopalan, a 65-year-old said, employee retired ICF.