Official IRCTC app available for Windows Phone, allows you to book travel on Indian Railways

Here's some good news for our friends in India or anyone planning a visit there. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has just released two apps. One for Windows Phone 8 and the other for Windows viii. Chalk a win for both Microsoft and Indian consumers. Let's check the apps out.

This is a large deal because the IRCTC handles all the catering, tourism, and online ticketing operations for the Indian Railways. If you notice yourself in India and need to travel, you might do and then past the Indian Railways. Some fun facts: The Indian Railways are a state-endemic enterprise, they're also i of the largest railway networks in the world with over 71,000 miles of runway. The railway network also, according to the latest stats, carries over 24 million people and 2.8 million tons of freight.

The Windows Phone 8 app is bachelor today, with a Windows 8 variant coming sometime tomorrow according to railway officials. The Windows Phone app was developed in a collaboration with Microsoft. Hither's what you tin do with the Windows Phone app for IRCTC:

Plan my travel
Bank check PNR Condition
Counterfoil
Booking History
Frequent Rider Info
Quick Booking
Preferences
Favorites
Recent History
Live Notifications

We're currently non in Bharat, and so nosotros tin't really test the power the app. But did happen to download information technology and tin can say information technology looks really nice on our Lumia 925'southward AMOLED display. If yous happen to download the app and play with it, allow the states know how it works. At that place is 1 caveat with the app and one that is imposed by the railway guidelines, non a limitation of Microsoft or Windows Phone. The app can't be used between 8AM and 12AM or between eleven:30PM and 12:30 AM. We couldn't find any reasons railway guidelines stipulate that, information technology's possible that these are high traffic periods of travel. Maybe i of our readers can clue u.s.a. in on why this exists.

Interested in getting IRCTC for Windows Phone7.x and eight devices? The app is free and bachelor from the Windows Telephone Store. You can likewise take hold of it using the QR code beneath or swiping to the more section within our app. The Windows 8 version is expected onetime in the Windows Shop tomorrow.

Cheers for the tip anybody!

QR: IRCTC

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