India has one of the largest rail networks in the world and Indian railways run several trains on many occasions but these trains anyways lack the capacity to fulfil the desires of the train passengers in India. If a train is punctual the demand for tickets in that given train is sky high. As a result, more often than not PNR status for these trains show high waitlist counts, discouraging the normal passengers from booking tickets in such trains.

In order to offer solution to this black box, RailYatri, a train travelling app is the most featured rich app for managing your train travel. The impressive thing about the app is the way it integrates and supplements additional helpful information with basic queries that the user may not have asked for specifically but is sure helpful.

RailYatri tools:

1) Trains between Stations:

It’s a standard search to see a listing of all trains running between two stations and see what days of the week they run on. The search results can be narrowed down by days of the week that the train runs on.

2) Indian RailwayTime Table

You can view the route of the train on a map. You can also save the time-table for offline viewing and save on your data costs. If there are any alerts in the near future related to a particular train such as the Cancellation of the train, New Stoppages being added on the route etc, you see it nice then and there. The time-table also lists the platform number for different station on the route.

3) Seat Availability

Seat availability comes with this value added information that can be as helpful as a guiding light in a dark forest. It shows you the ‘confirmation probability’ i.e. the chances of your ticket getting confirmed if you were to book it at the given wait listed status. This can really come in handy when you are weighing your options and given the scarcity of confirmed tickets.

4) Fare Calculator

You can take it easy with RailYatri’s own fare calculator. Just provide your train no. /name and see the fare for the entire route. Here, you can easily toggle all your options and the fare is recalculated in a snap. Also, it provides you a detail break up of what you are being charged for. 

5)  Live Train Status

 RailYatri.in uses their in-house algorithm to predict the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA). This they do taking into account the GPS location they’ve received from their 1+ million users around the country, historical performance of the trains and other such information.

6) PNR status

Just like seat availability, PNR status shows you the confirmation probability (low, medium, high) if you have a wait listed ticket. Other useful information such as seat layouts, basic rail maps of major cities etc. can be found here. The app auto-tracks your wait listed PNR and send you push alerts on every status change. You can also subscribe a few phone numbers to receive PNR update alerts for free.

7)  My Trips

This is the umbrella that covers all the other features we’ve covered so far. Simply put, it is an excellent way to organize your train travel and keep it simple. No more scrambling around the menu, remembering your PNRs, switching between apps, typing train numbers. Once a trip is added, you’ve a one-click access to everything you’ll need for managing your trip.