The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday launched a new application for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices to provide users with a new channel of booking e-tickets in addition to the existing portal. This new IRCTC app launched provides “anytime, anywhere” access to IRCTC services.
The app is available exclusively for Windows devices. The users of Windows Phone, Windows 8 Desktop/Tab can download completely free this application as per their requirement from the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store respectively.
Rakesh Tandon, CMD, IRCTC along with Joseph landes, General Manager — Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corporation launched the app.
Using this new app one can plan a trip, make railway reservations, check the PNR status and perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC website. It will be available throughout the day excepting 0800-1200 and 2330-0030 hours as per the existing railway guidelines.
The App will also provide few exclusive services to its users. This include visual maps of train routes, Windows Phone live tiles (lighting up as train tickets) and access to saved traveller profiles from multiple devices.