New Delhi : IT-enabled handheld terminals for
travelling ticket examiners (TTEs), a paperless unreserved ticketing
mobile application and a facility for E-booking of disposable linen on
trains were launched by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday.
"Indian Railways is heading towards Digital India to bring transparency
in Indian Railways and thus these IT enabled applications have been
launched," said Prabhu at the ceremony at Rail Bhavan.
He said the handheld terminals launched in Northern Railways will
enable TTEs to update an entire train's passenger list and highlight
vacant berths which can be sent back to HHT application servers, the
Passenger Reservation System (PRS) terminals and indianrail.gov website
to be viewed.
He later launched unreserved ticketing mobile application 'UTSONMOBILE'
in South Central Railway which was developed with the help of Centre
for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).
The application was earlier launched in select sectors of South, Western, Northern, Eastern and Central Railways.
The New Delhi and Hazarat Nizamuddin Railway Stations here featured in
the extension of the recently launched takeaway e-Bedroll pilot project.
Type one of the takeaway bedroll scheme offers a bedroll kit packed in a
non-woven fabric bag consisting of one pillow and two cotton bedsheets
at Rs.140 while the other costing Rs.110 offers a single blanket in a
non-woven bag. Both types are inclusive of all taxes.
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