Railways launches RailOne Super App
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The Indian Railways officially launched RailOne , its Super App Tuesday. The new mobile app offers a host of railway related services such as passenger ticket booking, buying platform tickets, train status tracking, and coach position identification. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC ) will continue to charge a convenience fee from reserved ticket booking.ET first reported in January 2024 that Indian Railways is preparing the Super App.This app incorporates services offered by over a dozen mobile apps made by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). These mobile apps include Rail Madad (for complaints and suggestions), UTS (booking unreserved train tickets), and National Train Enquiry System (train status), for commuters. Others like PortRead (reading and writing Radio tags), Satark (performing inspection reports), TMS-Nirikshan (inspecting Geo-location-based track assets), are for Railway operations.Another set of apps come under the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC ) umbrella. These include IRCTC Rail Connect ( train ticket booking and cancellation), IRCTC eCatering Food on Track (getting food delivered to train seat), and IRCTC Air (flight ticket booking).
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