ALLAHABAD: If you are among the
train passenger who is troubled by the long queues of passengers for getting an
unreserved ticket, here comes a good news.
Allahabad division of
North Central Railways (NCR) is all set to launch the
mobile app through which one can book paper ticket and save their precious time waiting in the long queues at the ticket window.
The mobile application, developed by CRIS, can be downloaded through window store or
Google play store following which a passenger can book platform ticket, unreserved ticket, season ticket etc.
PRO, Allahabad division, SK Gupta informed that after downloading the application a passenger can register himself by giving the details of mobile number, name, city, nearest railway station, class, type of tickets, number of passengers and route of journey. After the registration of the passenger, a Rail-wallet will be generated on zero balance.
At present the facility of paper ticket is being provided at the stations of the Allahabad Division and seeing the response, it will be provided for the stations of the other divisions too, he added.
"Before commencing the journey, the passenger should take the printout of the booked ticket from the ATVM (automatic ticket vending machine) of the concerning station failing which the passenger would be treated as without ticket”, said Gupta.
The passenger can avail the printout of his ticket by feeding his registered mobile no. and booking ID in the ATVM at the station from where the journey is to be started. “Paper ticket’ can be cancelled at the ticket counters after taking the printout and through the application before taking the printout, cancellation charges will be deducted in both the cases.
