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IRCTC Launches Windows 8 App
App for Windows Smartphone,Tablet and PC


Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched an Official Mobile App for Windows 8. The App developed along with Microsoft, will provide users another channel to book tickets beyond the portal, including for Windows Smartphone (Mobile Phone), Windows 8 tablet or PC.  IRCTC expects the number e-ticket bookings to increase with the introduction of this app.  IRCTC’s new App provides booking facility of Railway tickets online and offers other services like checking reservation status, train schedules, train routes, availability of tickets, cancellation, booking history, recent history, favourites, add passengers as contacts and roaming the transactions between multiple devices.
So now you can plan your travel, book train tickets and do much more on-the-go, using your Windows Mobile, Smartphone Phone, Windows 8 tablet or PC.  IRCTC has embarked on an application (app) journey, with the launch of the official IRCTC app.  The app has been made available exclusively for Windows devices. It will be available throughout the day excepting 0800-1200 hrs and 2330-0030 hrs.

To use the app, you must first generate a TPIN by logging onto www.irctc.co.in. The TPIN will be generated for your registered phone number and the bookings should be made through the registered phone number.  The app lights up inbuilt features of your Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices to bring you a delightful experience. Destination names show up quickly, planning your journey, making train choices and booking tickets is more seamless and immersive.

The rich and immersive app perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC web site. What’s more? You also get some new and exciting features including visual maps of train routes, Windows Phone live tiles lighting up as train tickets and access to saved traveler profiles from multiple devices among many others.  Features:-

Plan my travel
Check PNR Status
Cancellation
Booking History
Frequent Passenger Info
Quick Booking
Preferences
Favourites
Recent History
Live Notifications
Announcing the availability of the app, Mr. Rakesh Tandon, CMD, IRCTC said, “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.”
You can download the app at –: http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/8677711b-15a9-46af-8dfa-644f37460ae0 and http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/store/app/irctc/df6203c2-1f03-4854-b741-f3599c9f6b92 (links to Windows Store and Windows Phone Store)

IRCTC at an average is booking around 4 lakh tickets a day. But people have always faced connectivity issues and payment problems on the website.

Earlier this year during the Railway Budget the then Minister of Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal, had said that, by the end of this year, India’s railway ticketing website will undergo a major overhaul to support booking of 3 times more number of tickets per minute and 6 times more number of simultaneous users.

In June this year, a railway ticket booking system via sms, for people without internet was also introduced, which was earlier released on a pilot basis.

Recently IRCTC’s online shopping site powered by Yebhi went live at shop.irctc.co.in. The service retails in clothing, accessories, home decor and electronics.

French organisation and management firm Keolis starts recruiting staff

Good news for job seekers in engineering, technical and human resource segments of top notch electric railway system.

The French O&M (organisation and management) firm Keolis has started recruitment of staff needed for L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad infrastructure.

The company will be hiring over 2,750 persons, according to V. B. Gadgil, Managing Director of L&TMRH.

Global company

Keolis is the largest private sector French transport and consulting company having major presence in world class railway projects across the globe.

L&T has partnered with Keolis for the management of the Rs. 16,500 crore Metro Rail project in Hyderabad.

“Our partner has already started recruitment but they are now focused on hiring senior management in HR and trainers. The pace of hiring will go up along with the progress of the work here,” Mr. Gadgil said.

The current recruitment by Keolis is only limited to the staff required for the 72 km railway system.

As part of the agreement, Keolis will hire and train the staff and run the railway system before handing the staff and system over to L&T.

This apart, the Hyderabad Metro Rail will also need over 20,000 people to run the commercial operations once the project is completed.

“Keolis has nothing to do with the recruitment related to commercial operations. We will identify another entity for that job,” said Mr. Gadgil.

IRCTC Launches Windows 8 App
App for Windows Smartphone,Tablet and PC


Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched an Official Mobile App for Windows 8. The App developed along with Microsoft, will provide users another channel to book tickets beyond the portal, including for Windows Smartphone (Mobile Phone), Windows 8 tablet or PC.  IRCTC expects the number e-ticket bookings to increase with the introduction of this app.  IRCTC’s new App provides booking facility of Railway tickets online and offers other services like checking reservation status, train schedules, train routes, availability of tickets, cancellation, booking history, recent history, favourites, add passengers as contacts and roaming the transactions between multiple devices.
So now you can plan your travel, book train tickets and do much more on-the-go, using your Windows Mobile, Smartphone Phone, Windows 8 tablet or PC.  IRCTC has embarked on an application (app) journey, with the launch of the official IRCTC app.  The app has been made available exclusively for Windows devices. It will be available throughout the day excepting 0800-1200 hrs and 2330-0030 hrs.

To use the app, you must first generate a TPIN by logging onto www.irctc.co.in. The TPIN will be generated for your registered phone number and the bookings should be made through the registered phone number.  The app lights up inbuilt features of your Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices to bring you a delightful experience. Destination names show up quickly, planning your journey, making train choices and booking tickets is more seamless and immersive.

The rich and immersive app perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC web site. What’s more? You also get some new and exciting features including visual maps of train routes, Windows Phone live tiles lighting up as train tickets and access to saved traveler profiles from multiple devices among many others.  Features:-

Plan my travel
Check PNR Status
Cancellation
Booking History
Frequent Passenger Info
Quick Booking
Preferences
Favourites
Recent History
Live Notifications
Announcing the availability of the app, Mr. Rakesh Tandon, CMD, IRCTC said, “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.”
You can download the app at –: http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/8677711b-15a9-46af-8dfa-644f37460ae0 and http://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/store/app/irctc/df6203c2-1f03-4854-b741-f3599c9f6b92 (links to Windows Store and Windows Phone Store)

IRCTC at an average is booking around 4 lakh tickets a day. But people have always faced connectivity issues and payment problems on the website.

Earlier this year during the Railway Budget the then Minister of Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal, had said that, by the end of this year, India’s railway ticketing website will undergo a major overhaul to support booking of 3 times more number of tickets per minute and 6 times more number of simultaneous users.

In June this year, a railway ticket booking system via sms, for people without internet was also introduced, which was earlier released on a pilot basis.

Recently IRCTC’s online shopping site powered by Yebhi went live at shop.irctc.co.in. The service retails in clothing, accessories, home decor and electronics.

The Chennai–Madurai Vaigai Express suffered a detention of more than two hours in Poongudi Railway Station near Tiruchi Junction because of engine failure on Friday.The Vaigai Express which reached Tiruchi Junction at the right time of 6.45 p.m. left for Madurai as per scheduled time.However, after crossing the starter signal at Tiruchi Junction, the train stopped all of a sudden because of loco failure. Diesel mechanics attended the failure, but could not rectify the defect. However, the train slowly moved to Poongudi railway station.

Later, a relief loco was rushed to Poongudi station and the train left by 9.25 p.m.

Because of this incident, the Tiruneveli–Tiruchi Inter-city Express arrived at Tiruchi Junction late by 40 minutes.

The Udhagamandalam-Mettupalayam train was stopped for about 25 minutes after crossing Ketti owing to a branch falling on the track near Aruvankadu. Nilgiri Mountain Railway sources told The Hindu that the track was not damaged and the train proceeded after the branch was removed.

South Western Railway will run two special passenger trains between Bangalore City and Tumkur on Sundays. These trains will commence operations from September 15.According to an SWR release, the Bangalore City–Tumkur Passenger Special (train no. 06221) will leave Bangalore at 9.20 a.m. and reach Tumkur at 11.05 a.m. In the return, Tumkur–Bangalore City Passenger Special (train no. 06222) will leave Tumkur at 11.20 a.m. and reach Bangalore City at 1.10 p.m.These special trains will run on the route and timings of Bangalore–Tumkur–Bangalore Passenger (train no. 56221/56222).

Second train

Similarly, the Bangalore City–Tumkur Passenger Special (train no. 06225) will leave Bangalore City at 1.40 p.m. and reach Tumkur at 3.25 p.m. In the return, the Tumkur–Bangalore City Passenger Special (train no. 06226) will leave Tumkur at 3.50 p.m. and reach Bangalore City at 5.40 p.m.The special trains will run to the path and timings of Bangalore–Tumkur–Bangalore Passenger (train no. 56225/56226).

LUCKNOW: Railway ministry has fast-tracked the plan to develop a multi-functional complex (MFC) in Amethi. The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), coming under railway ministry, will develop 75 MFCs on railway land for generating revenue across the country.The bidding process is being initiated in phases. So far, RLDA has invited nine bids for development of 43 MFCs at prominent stations in the country. In UP, the bidding has been started only for Amethi. Sources said though other stations in the state have land available, they were not given the preference. TNnAllahabad is the only station where MFC has been completed and waiting to be leased out along with MFCs at 25 other stations in the country which were taken up last year.MFCs will have facilities like shopping, food stalls/restaurants, book stalls, ATMs, medicines and variety stores, budget hotels, parking etc., for rail passengers.A multi-functional complex project offers unique opportunity for retailers, hotel chain operators, developers and other such stakeholders for expanding and enlarging their footprint across hundreds of important towns and cities in the country.

ALLAHABAD: Presiding over a meeting of officials of signal and telecommunication department, general manager, NCR, Alok Johri on Friday said signaling is among the most important departments of rail traffic. This is because in the present age, the new technology introduced for managing rail traffic in the country has proved very beneficial. The numbers of incidences of signal failure have come down drastically during last few years. Still, there is need for improvement, he said.On the occasion, chief signaling and telecommunication officer, Manmohan Garwhal also presented a powerpoint presentation apprising officials about the forthcoming plans and projects. He told NCR senior officials that there has been a 19% decline in incidences of signal failure.

Gorakhpur: Residents of Tarang Crossing locality on Friday staged a protest and squatted on tracks demanding opening of the railway crossing gate. The protest stalled train movement on the route bringing Vaishali Express and a goods train to a halt for more than two hours. Police had to use force to disperse the protesters who fought a pitched battle and indulged in brick-batting. Seven protesters were later arrested.The protesters comprised mainly of residents from Humayunpur and Subhash Nagar area. They were demanding that the gate at the crossing be opened as they had to cover a long distance to reach other places.According to the reports, demonstrators stopped Vaishali Express from Delhi and a goods train. On being informed, RPF personnel were rushed to the site to disburse the mob. As the crowd swelled, RPF officials informed the civil police about the situation. ADM, city and SP, city, rushed to the site along with heavy police force.The officials tried to talk the demonstrators into allowing the train movement. As the latter refused to budge, the police resorted to lathi-charge. Infuriated mob resorted to pelting stone and fought a pitched battle with the police force for more than two hours.Seven protesters were arrested by the police for disturbing law and order situation.ADM, city, Badri Nath Singh said "people were agitated as they had to cover a long distance to reach places as railway overbridge (RoB) has been constructed. As per rule, crossing gates are closed after RoB is constructed over a crossing. However, closure of gates is causing problem for the residents of the area."

The ADM further said "we requested the railway officials to find a way out but they refused to flout the rule. Now, railway has to take a decision over it as we have asked them to open the gate for a certain period in view of the heavy traffic load."

Chief PRO of NER, Alok Kumar Singh said "it is not possible for us to open the gate as RoB has been constructed. Opening the gate will cost railways around Rs 10 lakh per year as three gatemen will have to be deployed. We have also closed the gate at Charphatak for the same reason. There are examples where state government has borne the cost of opening the gate. We have made stairs for pedestrians and closed the gate."

Sanjay Yadav, a resident of Humayunpur, lamented, " we don't know about the rules of railways and administration. We only know that we are facing a difficult situation. The gate is a link between the area and other parts of the city and people of Humayun pur area and Subhash Nagar area will be affected by the closed gate. We request Government and railways to think about the problems faced by the public."

Gorakhpur: Residents of Tarang Crossing locality on Friday staged a protest and squatted on tracks demanding opening of the railway crossing gate. The protest stalled train movement on the route bringing Vaishali Express and a goods train to a halt for more than two hours. Police had to use force to disperse the protesters who fought a pitched battle and indulged in brick-batting. Seven protesters were later arrested.The protesters comprised mainly of residents from Humayunpur and Subhash Nagar area. They were demanding that the gate at the crossing be opened as they had to cover a long distance to reach other places.According to the reports, demonstrators stopped Vaishali Express from Delhi and a goods train. On being informed, RPF personnel were rushed to the site to disburse the mob. As the crowd swelled, RPF officials informed the civil police about the situation. ADM, city and SP, city, rushed to the site along with heavy police force.The officials tried to talk the demonstrators into allowing the train movement. As the latter refused to budge, the police resorted to lathi-charge. Infuriated mob resorted to pelting stone and fought a pitched battle with the police force for more than two hours.Seven protesters were arrested by the police for disturbing law and order situation.ADM, city, Badri Nath Singh said "people were agitated as they had to cover a long distance to reach places as railway overbridge (RoB) has been constructed. As per rule, crossing gates are closed after RoB is constructed over a crossing. However, closure of gates is causing problem for the residents of the area."

The ADM further said "we requested the railway officials to find a way out but they refused to flout the rule. Now, railway has to take a decision over it as we have asked them to open the gate for a certain period in view of the heavy traffic load."

Chief PRO of NER, Alok Kumar Singh said "it is not possible for us to open the gate as RoB has been constructed. Opening the gate will cost railways around Rs 10 lakh per year as three gatemen will have to be deployed. We have also closed the gate at Charphatak for the same reason. There are examples where state government has borne the cost of opening the gate. We have made stairs for pedestrians and closed the gate."

Sanjay Yadav, a resident of Humayunpur, lamented, " we don't know about the rules of railways and administration. We only know that we are facing a difficult situation. The gate is a link between the area and other parts of the city and people of Humayun pur area and Subhash Nagar area will be affected by the closed gate. We request Government and railways to think about the problems faced by the public."