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The Indian Railways in Wednesday launched a mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu introduced here the mobile app for paperless unreserved ticketing for commuters in Egmore and Tambaram suburban sections in Chennai under the Southern Railway. Developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) “utsonmobile” — the unreserved ticketing feature in mobile application will do away with printing of unreserved tickets.
“It was a budget proposal to provide paperless tickets in unreserved segment and we implemented it today,” Prabhu said. Started on a pilot basis, the paperless ticketing system will cover 15 stations in the suburban section of Southern Railway, officials said.
Railways plan to extend the paperless service in suburban section in all metros.
The app, which is for both Android and Windows platforms, can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Windows Store.
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, they said.
The passenger has to use the ticket within an hour of booking the ticket.
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