{"id":1003,"date":"2019-09-24T16:09:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T10:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2019-09-24T16:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T10:39:22","slug":"ministry-of-railways-rolls-out-all-india-uts-on-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Railways rolls out All-India UTS on Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

The facility of booking unreserved tickets, including season tickets and also platform tickets is available through the \u2018UTSONMOBILE\u2019 app available for Android, IOS and Windows phones<\/strong><\/p>\n

Booking of unreserved tickets on all non-suburban sections across all Zonal Railways has been made available from 1st November to enable seamless booking of unreserved tickets all over Indian Railways<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0Ministry of Railways has introduced Unreserved Mobile Ticketing<\/strong>\u00a0with a view to promoting three C\u2019s- Cashless transactions (Digital payment), Contactless ticketing (no need to physically visit the point of sale) and Customer convenience and experience. As a big leap, booking of unreserved tickets on all non-suburban sections across all Zonal Railways has been made available from 1st November to enable seamless booking of unreserved tickets all over Indian Railways which will obviate the need for passengers to wait in queues for purchasing the tickets.<\/p>\n

A pilot project for booking of unreserved tickets through a mobile phone was commenced in December 2014 on select stations on Central Railway to provide customers with the convenience of booking of unreserved tickets without having to stand in queues.<\/p>\n

Gradually, unreserved Mobile ticketing was extended to all suburban sections in metropolitan cities of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Secunderabad between 2015 and 2017 along with the facility of paperless ticketing. The facility of booking unreserved tickets, including season tickets and also platform tickets is available through the \u2018UTSONMOBILE\u2019 app available for Android, IOS and Windows phones.<\/p>\n

The process of ticket booking involves downloading the application and registration by furnishing the requisite details. After successful registration, the user is given user-ID and password through which the user can log-in and book ticket through this application within the ticketing area and outside the Geo-fenced area (geofenced area is station premises and train route within which ticket cannot be booked. Ticketing area is outside the geofenced area as defined in the application).<\/p>\n

Initially, the payment could be made only through R-Wallet. Subsequently, the facility of making payment through all types of digital modes i.e. debit card, credit card, net-banking, UPI and other e-wallets has been introduced through payment aggregators viz. Paytm, Mobikwik and Freecharge, in line with Government\u2019s directives to promote all digital modes of payments. The daily average number of passengers booking tickets through this app has increased from approximately 5400 in the year 2015 to 4.70 lakh in October 2018.<\/p>\n

The UTSONMOBILE was also introduced on Non-Suburban sections in 2015 initially on Delhi-Palwal section of Northern Railway which was subsequently extended to other non-suburban sections of Northern, South Central, Southern, South Western, East Coast, South East Central and South Eastern Railways.<\/p>\n

Benefits of the App:<\/strong><\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Mobile Ticketing shall promote 3C\u2019s- Cashless transactions, Contactless ticketing and Customer convenience.<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Seamless booking of unreserved tickets all over Indian Railways.<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Obviate the need for passengers to wait in queues for purchasing the tickets and enhance the experience for booking unreserved tickets \u2013 journey, season tickets, platform tickets.<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Environment-friendly.<\/p>\n

About the App<\/strong><\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018UTSONMOBILE\u2019 application available for Android, IOS, Windows phones. Can be downloaded from Google play or window store.<\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a0 Application \u2018in-house\u2019 developed by Indian Railway- CRIS.<\/p>\n

Patronization of the App:<\/strong><\/p>\n

App has 4 Star rating at Google play store.<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Increase in Number of tickets sold:<\/strong>\u00a0 approximately 1900\/day in 2015 to 83,000\/day in October 2018.<\/p>\n

o\u00a0\u00a0 Increase in the number of passengers:<\/strong>\u00a0approximately 5400\/day in 2015 to in 4.70 lakh\/day in October 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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