Western Railway Launches Mobile App Yatra to Provide Live Status of Trains

The Western Railway (WR) on Wednesday launched a cell utility that can enable commuters to examine the dwell standing of trains on its suburban community unfold between Churchgate station in south Mumbai and Dahanu in adjoining Palghar district.

In line with the zonal railway, the app, Yatra, additionally has a number of different options.

Western Railway basic supervisor Ashok Kumar Misra launched the app at Churchgate station concourse within the presence of railway officers and different dignitaries, Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer, WR, stated in a press launch.

The Western Railway has put in GPS monitoring gadgets in all its suburban trains, which can allow the app to supply their real-time location.

Thakur stated with this app, developed in collaboration with a personal agency, commuters is not going to solely have the ability to get a prepare’s dwell location on map, however may also see it shifting.

“In simply three easy steps, commuters can view the dwell location. Commuters can discover the closest stations immediately on the map, kind the supply station and monitor the prepare of their alternative to allow them to gauge how shut or far they’re from the prepare to plan their journey,” he stated.

Thakur stated commuters will get genuine info concerning prepare dwell updates, bulletins, newest timetable, maps of main railway stations and their facilities.

The software program additionally offers details about Mumbai Metro companies and buses, and it has a piece the place customers can provide their suggestions.

Passengers will even have an easy accessibility to essential railway and medical emergency contact numbers and travellers can use the app to discover close by vacationer locations and locations to go to close to stations.

The Western Railway stated the the app is divyangjan-friendly as properly.

Divyang commuters (individuals with disabilities) who function the cell phone through voice instructions can simply discover their prepare’s dwell location with the assistance of Google Assistant, Thakur stated.

Final July, the Central Railway had launched dwell monitoring of its suburban trains via the app.