Paperless Mobile Ticket has started on Central Railway from 9.10.2015. This is already available on Southern and Western Railways.
Kind of tickets one can purchase with UTS App (Android and Windows Store; soon to be available on iOS).
- Paperless unreserved ticket for Mumbai Suburban Section on Central Railway,
- Paperless Season Tickets on mobile phones on Central, Western & Northern Railway (New Delhi-Palwal Section).
- Paperless Platform Tickets at
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai, Dadar, Panvel, Thane and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on CR;
- Mumbai Central, Borivali, Andheri, Dadar, Vasai Road and Bandra on WR &
- New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin on NR.
This
new technology introduced by the Railways is a direction towards the concept of
Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through Mobile phones. Under this technology, user can download a mobile application ‘UTS
on mobile’. This application takes away the inconvenience of having to wait in
a queue in order to buy the ticket. This
would not only save time, but also avoid the usage of paper for tickets, thus
contributing in a big way to save environment.
The
‘UTS on mobile’ application was earlier introduced in Mumbai for suburban
journey tickets, but the ticket printout was still required. Now, taking a step
ahead, the paperless ticket is being introduced. With this, the need to go to
an ATVM to print the ticket is being done away with. Instead the passengers will carry the ticket
on the mobile as an image. In case the
app had been earlier installed, it needs to be updated. The city 'Mumbai' has
to be selected. The ticket can be purchased using money loaded in the R-wallet.
The money in the R- wallet can be loaded from any UTS counter or online on www.utsonmobile.indianrail.gov.in with
a minimum value of Rs 100/- and maximum Rs 5000/-.
For paperless ticketing, a good GPS coverage and GPRS
connectivity should be available. Geo-fencing area has been earmarked for
booking the tickets, i.e a person should be within 2 kms from the originating
station and beyond 30 metres from the originating station premises/track.
The
application provides necessary on-screen alerts to guide the passenger during
the booking process. The paperless
journey ticket once booked will be stored in the local mobile application
database in the encrypted form and is tamperproof. The passenger has to start the journey within
1 hour as per policy for suburban sections.
Ticket booked in paperless mode cannot be cancelled in order to prevent
claiming of refund after travel.
The
ticket has distinct colour scheme everyday and it is embedded with Quick
Response (QR) code. It cannot be forwarded to another mobile or edited or
printed. The old invalid tickets will be
removed from the mobile device through a sync feature in the ‘App’.
For the purpose of ticket checking, the
application has various features such as colour scheme, show ticket features,
secret code of the day, booking time of the ticket and scrolling of legend “IR UNRESERVED TICKETING’.
Steps to purchase Paperless Mobile Ticket
Now whenever you have to buy tickets use UTS App if you have Smartphone with GPRS and GPS facility.
2 comments:
great. i already downloaded the app. works well.
TThis is helpful thank you so much! I also suggest Vender app. This is a trusted app. It is used for business and for offices just want to share guys
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