In News: Indian Railways has introduced and enabled the booking of unreserved tickets through the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) mobile app from February 1 in the Suburban area of Chennai, for the convenience of suburban passengers
About UTS app
- The passenger will have to commence the journey within one hour of booking the ticket through the UTS mobile application.
- This app can be downloaded from Apple store as well as Google Play store. UTS on Mobile app offers various e-payment options for topping up Rail Wallet (R-Wallet).
- The R-Wallet can be recharged by passengers online through the official IRCTC website and also, at station ticket counters.
Key benefits of UTS app
- While recharging on the UTS app, 5 percent cash bonus will be offered to the passenger.
- For every R-wallet recharge of Rs 100, tickets can be booked up to an amount of Rs 105.
- Tickets, as for the geo-fencing aspect, can be booked through the app in the range of 5 kilometres to 30 metres radius of suburban stations.
- However, within 30 metres closer limit to stations, bookings on UTS app will not be possible.
- For ease of booking unreserved tickets and avoiding the need for queuing up at ticket counters, the national transporter has requested Chennai suburban commuters to extensively use UTS Mobile App.
Source: financialexpress
