Frequent railway traveller? Here are six apps you can use to book train tickets

Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67,368-kilometre. It transports almost 2.5 crore passengers daily and no doubt that a huge population of the country depends on this medium to travel. However, with the growing use of mobile phones and digital dependency people prefer booking their tickets online via third-party apps. There are few apps that can allow you to use hassle-free train ticket booking in no time. The presence of certain Railway booking apps on the Play Store and iOS store can help you to plan your trips, meals and other amenities with no worries. Here are six apps you can use to book your tickets.  

1. Rail SAARTHI

A holistic train booking app that caters to all the possible needs of a traveller. You can book your meal, opt for on board cleaning, inquire about the journey and ultimately book the tickets via Rail SAARTHI. It even asks for feedback after the completion of the journey. The app aims to provide better services by enriching customer experience seamlessly.

2. Paytm Trains

The digital wallet allows for train bookings as well with handsome cashback on the same. The train listing shows options starting from the least duration of the journey. Furthermore, Paytm is known to offer the best fares for train tickets in addition to providing 24/7 customer support.

3. Confirmtkt

Yet another prominent player in the arena of Train Travel, Confirmtkt which is a train ticket discovery and booking app that assures the traveller get a confirmed ticket. The app helps to check Indian Railway PNR status prediction, discover confirmed hidden seats from next/ previous station, alternate, Live train running status & seat availability, train schedule and coach position, etc. Recently the app rolled out its multilingual version in 7 different languages targeting tier 2 and tier 3 travellers in India.

4. Ixigo

Leave all your railway reservation worries aside with the Ixigo app that takes care of your train itinerary. Nonetheless, the train booking app does not charge any convenience fee for bookings! It searches the perfect train for you followed by train ticket tracking and swears by the mantra, ‘Search.Track.Go’ The app also has a ‘Travel Stories’ section where travel blogs posted by people can be read.

5. Trainman

Trainman’s USP lies in the fact that it shows you the probability of ticket confirmation based on last few year's data. It offers its users a complete train schedule, inclusive of the seat number, stations on the way, travel routes and lots more. One could even share the itinerary, wherein the tickets and the associated information can be shared with family & friends.

6. Cleartrip

The app is recalled for its last-minute bookings feature for trains, flights, and hotels. Cleartrip has got a friendly and tidy user interface, despite being integrated with the IRCTC website. The requisite app encompasses of booking related information that could be located under the ‘Manage Trips’ option. Users are reported to have derived utter satisfaction pertaining to train bookings done via Cleartrip.