offoIndia: IRCTC Connect - Official Android App for Railway Ticket Booking launched

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), has finally launched its much awaited IRCTC – official Android App for railway ticket booking, cancellation, booking history, check availability of seats, train routes, railway fair and users can do much more on this latest android application.

This application IRCTC Connect can be downloaded for FREE from Android Play Store now. This app is compatible with all android handsets which are running on Android 4.1 and above platform.

As IRCTC has already launched its application on Windows Phone and Blackberry 10 platforms earlier, from that point of time users are demanding for it’s application on Android, which is the most popular mobile platform in India now a days. So the launch is relatively delayed on Android, but now its ready to download.

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This IRCTC Connect App features one step login system for its existing users, search availability of seats and book tickets with a fresh feature that retains the recently added passenger details and it also has the ability to provide upcoming journey alerts. If user has already booked the ticket from IRCTC website or from the app itself, and want to cancel it for any reason, the they can view and cancel the ticket too, from this app.

New users can register from the IRCTC Connect app directly. For all the features of app and for the purpose of how to use this app, IRCTC has provided a USER GUIDE.

The listing of the app IRCTC Connect on Android Play Store says, “Rail ticketing now made simpler just by swipe and shuffle, select and book. Install the newly launched IRCTC android app and book a railway ticket anywhere in India at your fingertips.”

Summarized Features:-

• One step login to existing users,

• Search and Book train tickets,

• View and Cancel tickets,

• Retains recently added passenger details,

• New Users, register from App directly,

• Upcoming Journey Alerts.

Few months back IRCTC has improved the performance of its website, now the website of IRCTC is totally hassle free. So the situation of IRCTC seems to be improving day by day.

The main disadvantage of this app is that, IRCTC Connect app will not work between 8AM and 12PM every day. During this period, the users have to book their tickets via the IRCTC website or physical booking counters.

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