Book tickets, meals via railway app

NEW DELHI: Unsure about the credibility of train status information offered by portals? Ended up being served a wrong meal on train by a private online player? Such issues might well be passé. The Indian Railways is rolling out an “integrated rail mobile app” that will offer a range of services — from ticket bookings to gift purchases to caband hotel bookings or notifying security alerts.The virtual platform may be operational as early as this year-end, officials said.The app will provide multiple options to passengers — from checking status on wait-listed tickets to exploring possibilities of alternative flight tickets to pre-ordering meals or watching videos from a “downloadable Wi-fi”.

Several private companies, including railyatri.com, make-my-trip.com and yatra.com, have been doing robust business by using the data on train travel.