Be handy with RailYatri on your smartphones while travelling this Monsoon

The monsoon is about to step in, and many of us would have planned a holiday that involves a train journey. If that's the case for you, then head on and download RailYatri apk or app. You can check your PNR status, or look up a weather forecast at the destination using this app. It is also useful if you want to look up the arrival status of a train - important whether you have a train to catch, or if you're picking up someone who's coming from out of town.

RailYatri's app can fill all these needs, and apart from checking up the PNR and trainrunning status, it also shows you the most delayed trains at any given time, shows fog alerts, and the nearest train station.

The app shows you the local trains in your city. It provides information on all the trains running across your city. You can also change the city setting manually to any metro or 2 tier cities, to see how this feature works. The list also displays the time and status of the trains, indicating whether they are on time, or running slow. Once you tap on a train in the list, the app displays the arrival time at each station in its route. You can also see a static map of the entire rail network zooming out to see the whole city, or zooming into see just a few stations if you want to.

Aside from local trains, you can also look up crowd-sourced information about railway stations. This would be useful for your originating and destination stations as well as those along the route when travelling.

RailYatri app also shows the list of all delayed trains, sorted by the number of hours the train is delayed. So the most delayed trains will be marked in red while the on-time trains will be shown in green. This analysis is based on recent 50 runs of the trains.

And this is not all. The Live Announcements section displays news about any recent cancellations, diversions or rescheduling of trains. You can also look up the nearest railway station, and check its arrival and departure time table, or locate it using Google Maps through the RailYatri app. In the About Trains section, you can find the trains running between stations, time table and calculate the fare for journeys.

Aside from just looking up information, the app has aother useful functions too. You can save upcoming trips by entering your PNR number in the My Trips section of the app. The cool part is that you don't even need to enter your PNR number - you can press a button to have the app scan for IRCTC's SMS, and automatically save it. After that, you'll be able to see the latest schedule of the train, the PNR status, and seat availability with forecast for tickets that haven't been confirmed. The app tries to look at the historical booking data for your train to tell you how likely your ticket is to get confirmed. And once you're on board the train, you can also use the speedometer and GPS train locator options to track your journey.

This app is a one stop shop that meets many different travel related needs.