It seems like the era of digitization has been accelerating in full
force, and our own country is trying its level best to adapt with it. The
recent buzz is that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) finally added the much-awaited e-ticketing system with a Windows mobile phone app in its existing
portal.
Eventually the IRCTC launched a useful application that is specifically
designed for Windows Phone along with the other Windows 8
devices.
Basically this new app will facilitate the coveted users with a new channel of
booking e-tickets from now on.
The IT major Microsoft helped the IRCTC to develop this
application, and it seriously looks like their collaboration has come exactly
at the right period of time. It will surely boost up the overall access to its current
e-ticket portal, and users are likely to use this for their daily activities
related to the ticket booking matters.
Mr. Rakesh Tandon, who is the honorable CMD of IRCTC, was present during
the launch event. He obviously expressed his utmost joy while unveiling the
App. Just after the launch he said, "With
this alternative channel of booking, the passengers will have an additional
convenience and better experience of booking e-ticket."
I have already mentioned that this App has been developed for Windows
devices only. Actually the current users of Windows 8 desktop, laptop, tablet and Windows Phone can easily
download this App for absolutely free of cost from the Windows Store and Windows
Phone Store respectively as per their own requirement. You can get this App
from Here.
Joseph Landes, the General Manager of Microsoft Corporation, was present
there to represent his own company. He said, "We
are excited to make the IRCTC app available exclusively on the Windows
platform. We are committed to bring exciting and new
experience to your Windows devices and will continue to create many such
firsts.”
If you are having this App on your devices then with the help of it you
can make railway reservations, check the PNR status, plan a trip and several
others important tasks that are available on the official website of IRCTC.
However, there is a catch too. You aren’t allowed to use it between 8 AM
and 12 AM and 11.30 PM and 12.30 AM as per the ongoing guidelines of the Indian
Railways. During this time the service will not be available for obvious
reasons.
"We
feel the App is ideal for the modern consumer who is always on the move.
Windows is the most trusted and widely used platform and offers the requisite
security required while handling vast amounts of personal and financial user
data," Tandon added in
its speech.
Wrap Up
We think this move by IRCTC to
launch Windows Phone App for e-ticketing is necessary and it should be
welcomed gracefully. Basically the government is trying to encourage young
generations to explore the e-ticketing system which is obviously a very good
thing.
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