Smart apps Ticketing time IRCTC goes mobile
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nline ticket, especially for the railways has made our life much easier. The popularity of the IRCTC website is clear by the fact that millions of people visit the site on a daily basis to book tickets. But what if you don’t have a PC or laptop? Well then you can use your Windows Phone to carry out your travel bookings on the go. The app can be downloaded from the Windows Market Place for free. Once downloaded all you need to do is log in and the familiar interface of IRCTC comes into action. You can book tickets, check availabil-
ity, access your booked history or cancel the ticket. It also shows you the total number of tickets booked by you in the current month. The interface of the application has been optimised for use on the small screen. Once you put in the origin and destination you can choose the class, quota and ticket type to get the complete train list. For the origin and destination you simply have to punch in the name of the place and the app suggests the matching city code that you can choose to continue booking. In the train list you get the option to check
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the availability, the route of the train or go straight to booking the ticket. You can add multiple passengers to book the ticket but unlike in the web version here instead of age you will have to punch in the date of birth. The payment can be made through Citibank gateway using debit and credit cards. The application is simple and easy to use. All you need is a reliable internet connection. n sonia@mymobile.co.in
We tested it on the Nokia Lumia 800