The mobile app — utsonmobile — can be downloaded on any smart phone having access to Google Play Store and Apple Store. With unreserved passengers constituting 91% of the railway’s passenger business, Southern Railway is targeting at least two million passengers visiting unreserved ticket counters every day. There would be no additional charges for booking the unreserved tickets through the mobile app. Asked about the reason for the 5-km restriction, the official said a passenger booking an unreserved ticket has to use it within one hour. “This facility is to avoid long queues at unreserved booking counters.

Source: The Hindu April 13, 2018 19:10 UTC