Book Railway Tickets With Official IRCTC Connect Android App
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have recently launched an android app for smartphone users. This new android app launched by IRCTC will provide the access to the users to book tickets. This is a free app and is available in Google Play Store for download. This app will run on android smartphones with android 4.1 and higher versions. Months prior IRCTC has launched an app for Blackberry 10 platform. In order to use the app, user needs to enter login details. It will verify the user details and will allow the user to search available trains between source and destination.
On entering the source and destination available trains list will be displayed on the screen. You can select the train you want to book ticket for by tapping on it. On tapping the selected train, the availability of the seats will be shown. Once you are done with the selection you can proceed to book the tickets. This is way too easy and handy process to book a railway ticket. The ticket book through the app is not workable from 8 am to 12 pm.
The home screen of the app showcases more menus like My Booking, Cancel Ticket, and My Profile etc. User can not only book tickets, but also cancel the booked tickets through this IRCTC Connect app. The app will also display the details like recently added passenger list and their details. If the user is a first time user, then IRCTC will allow the user to register from the app itself and the PDF file of how to register IRCTC Connect app is also available with clear pictures.
Since its launch, the app was downloaded for thousand times and has received many good reviews so far.
Key features
The key features of the app include:
- Easy and one step login to existing users.
- Easy search to book train tickets
- View and cancel tickets
- Retains recently added passenger details
- New users can register from App directly
- Provides upcoming journey alerts
How to register with IRCTC Connect Android App?
- Go visit the Google Play Store and search for IRCTC Connect android app. Download the app into your android Smartphone.
- Double tap on the apk file to install the app into your device.
- Now open the app and enter username and password if you are a registered user. If you are first time user then you need to click on the ‘Register’ button.
- The page will direct you to a new page where you need to enter details like username, email, mobile number, first name, last name, date of birth, select gender, address, city, state, PIN code.
- Select the question and enter answer in the field provided. Accept terms and condition and tap register.
- Accept the terms and conditions and hit on register.
- You will receive a SMS to your number containing One Time Password.
- Enter the OTP in the field provided and enter the password sent through email.
- Hit on verify to complete registration and navigate to home page.
- You can start searching for the trains by entering the source and destination in the fields.
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