Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Launches Mobile App for Paperless Unreserved Ticketing

Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, fulfilling yet another commitment of the Railway Budget 2015-16, by launching Mobile Application for Paperless Unreserved Ticketing through video conferencing on Egmore–Tambaram Suburban Section of Chennai, at a function here today.  This is a pilot project covering 15 stations in Southern Railway and will be extended to entire country in phases. Referring his Railway Budget announcement, the Railway Minister said that for the passenger, the Indian Railways is committed to ‘Operation Five Minutes’ – that is, purchase of an unreserved ticket within five minutes and today’s launching of Paperless Unreserved Mobile Ticket is the first step in this area