Chennai Local Train UTS App

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Chennai Local Train - UTS Mobile App
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CHENNAI LOCAL TRAIN UTS APP

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    Booking UTS tickets through ATVMs ~ Steps

    Now Passengers can Book Unreserved, Platform and Season tickets on Automatic Ticket Vending Machines using smart cards – QR-UPI based payment also facilitated for quick booking. Here is the step-by-step guide for booking UTS tickets through ATVMs

    • Step 1 :- Select the destination station by using Map or All other Stations
    • Step 2 :- Select the train route for Non – Suburban Stations.
    • Step 3 :- Select Change Journey Details or Pay No.of adults/child train type – class
    • Step 4 :- Select Payment Options
    • Step 5 :- Select to purchase tickets though Railway Smart Card or UPI or Code
    • Step 6 :- (In case of Smart Card Payment) Place Smart Card in the Card Reader or (In Case of UPI Payment) scan QR code within 110 seconds.
    • Step 7 :- Please collect the Ticket.

    UTS on mobile now enabled on Chennai Suburban Sector ~ 15.11.2021

    Southern Railway announced on 15.11.2021 that SR has been scaling up Passenger train services in phased manner in adherence to the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs and in consideration of COVID cases in the country. With respect to Suburban train services in Chennai division of Southern Railway, restrictions imposed for certain categories of passengers have been lifted. All categories of passengers would be allowed to travel without any time restrictions in all the four routes of Chennai Suburban system. This is to come into effect from 15-11-2021.

    Unreserved single, return journey tickets and season tickets in the four routes of Chennai Suburban system can be availed by all categories of passengers. These tickets o­n suburban trains can also be booked using the UTS mobile o­n app without any restrictions.

    However it is clarified that Southern Railway is running o­nly limited number of unreserved trains in various sections and also unreserved passengers are permitted o­nly in specified mail/express trains keeping in mind that COVID-19 is not fully eradicated. In such a scenario it becomes inevitable for the administration to impose regulations in issuing of unreserved tickets in those trains. Hence the booking of unreserved tickets for trains outside the suburban area has not been enabled o­n UTS o­n mobile app. However steps are being taken to introduce UTS o­n mobile app booking in the non-suburban sector in a phased manner. Until such time passengers are requested to avail the booking office counter facilities available in all Railway stations for buying tickets for traveling in the unreserved coaches/trains in non-suburban sector.

    Chennai ~UTS on mobile App for Unreserved Tickets Booking Facility Extended ~ 11.02.2021

    Southern Railway announced that SR will be extending booking of unreserved tickets (except Season Tickets & Platform Tickets) through UTS o­n Mobile App with effect from 11-02-2021 in the suburban area of Chennai covered by EMU services (viz.. for all stations in Chennai Beach to Tirumalpur section, Chennai Central to Tiruttani section, Royapuram to Sulurpeta Section & Chennai Beach to Velachery Section).

    UTS o­n Mobile App can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Tickets can be booked using UTS o­n Mobile App from anywhere within the periphery of 5kms from the station premises. In view of the o­ngoing pandemic of COVID issue of tickets will be restricted during peak hours (i.e from 06.30 hrs to 09.30 hrs & 16.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs. Passengers are encouraged to avail the services of UTS o­n Mobile app for unreserved tickets in order to avoid large queues at Stations. UTS o­n Mobile App provides multiple e-payment options for topping of Rail Wallet including payment of cash at counters and e-payment options through IRCTC website i.e. www.irctc.co.in. Railway offers a 5% bonus for all R-Wallet transactions i.e. if R-wallet recharge is done for Rs.100/-, tickets can be booked up to Rs. 105/-.

    UTS Mobile App Reintroduced in Chennai Suburban ~ 01.02.2021

    Southern Railway announced that Railways to reintroduce booking of unreserved tickets through UTS Mobile app in Chennai Suburban from 1st February. The service will be available in Chennai Suburban Terminus–Tiruvallur, Royapuram–Gummidipoondi, Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu & Chennai Beach–Velachery sections (MRTS)

    In view of the ongoing Coivd pandemic, mobile ticketing facility will be available round the clock except for durian the hours from 06.30 hrs to 09.30 hrs and 16.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs. Also, Season tickets and platform tickets will not be issued through the Application for the time being. Journey should commence within one hour of booking the ticket through the mobile app.

    UTS Mobile app can be download from Google Play Store and Apple Store. UTS on Mobile provides multiple e-payment options for topping up of Rail Wallet (R-Wallet). Recharge of R-Wallet can be done online through the IRCTC website ( www.irctc.co.in) as well as at station ticket counters.

    Exclusive counters for Mobile App recharge will be opened at Suburban Counters at Dr MGR Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Chennai Beach, Mambalam, Tambaram, Perambur, Avadi, Tiruvattiyur, and Chennai Park Town and Velachery (MRTS) during non-peak hours based on the requirement.

    For the time being the facility of UTS on Mobile App will be available only in Chennai Suburban area for travel in Suburban Services.

    Benefits of UTS App are:

    • -> 5% Cash Bonus will be offered while recharging on UTS Mobile Application. For every Rs.100 R-Wallet recharge, tickets can be booked up to Rs.105/-
    • -> As for the geofencing aspect, tickets can be booked through the UTS Application in the range of 5 Kms to 30 meters radius of Suburban railway stations. Within 30 meters closer limit to Railway stations, UTS App bookings will not be possible.
    UTS Mobile App Reintroduced in Chennai Suburban ~ 01.02.2021

    Chennai : Mobile UTS Ticketing App

    Southern Railway is launching a new mode of mobile UTS ticketing App called BAAT – Book Activate And Travel – mode of paperless mobile tickets for Chennai Suburban customers. Booking paperless tickets on mobiles normally require GPS and Internet connection in the phone. Once the passenger books the ticket in paperless option, the image of the ticket is downloaded to the phone. The passenger can show the ticket image on the mobile phone and travel. However, for booking a paperless ticket, the passenger has to be at least 25 metres away from the railway track and station platforms but within five kms from the station. This facility is provided through ‘geo-fencing’.

    To overcome the difficulties faced by the passengers due to such geo fencing, a new feature called ‘BAAT’ (Book Activate And Travel) has now been launched as a trial measure at Chennai Central. By this feature, the passenger can book the ticket from anywhere either from office or home, without worrying about the distance restriction. The passenger can come to the station to an area earmarked as ‘BAAT Activation Zone’ and can ‘activate’ the ticket for travel. No internet or GPS is required for activation. The passenger also need not take a print out of the ticket.

    This facility is being launched at Chennai Central as a trial measure from Saturday, 7/4/2018. BAAT is expected to be another passenger friendly feature being bought out by Southern Railway to benefit over one million passengers every day in Chennai suburban area. Railway hopes to increase the percentage of mobile tickets to over 10 % of the total UTS tickets during the current year.

    Details of Other Chennai Local Train Mobile App

    Southern Railway had launched a mobile application for booking of unreserved tickets through the mobile phone in 2015. Passengers can download this App in their mobile from Google Play store and book their unreserved tickets using R wallet, which is an e-payment mode of Railways with no service charges. Using this App, passengers can buy two types of tickets viz., paper ticket and paper-less ticket. Today about 3 % of suburban train tickets are booked through mobiles, crossing one million in January 2018.

    In case of paper ticket, the passenger can book the ticket from the App and can take print out of the ticket from the ATVM machines, as well as UTS counters at stations. This facility is now available to buy season tickets and non suburban journey tickets also.

    This app provides information about Chennai suburban/local train services running between two train stations at or after a given time of day. You can search train services between any two stations which fall on the same direct route either on Weekdays or Sundays, including Velacherry-Beach-Tiruttani and Velacherry-Beach-Sullurupeta routes.

    The search provides you with a list of trains with boarding time at source station and alighting time at destination stations. You can tap on any listed train to get full information about that specific train, like its start/in-between/destination stations and time for each. The App interface supports Tamil, Hindi and English languages.

    Features of Chennai Local Train Mobile App

    • You have an option to search nearby source/destination station based on phones last known Geo-coordinates (latitude/longitude)
    • An option to long tap on any station name to see it on online maps
    • Look at the various routes on which suburban trains operate in Chennai
    • Swap Source-Destination stations so as to find return trains easily
    • Type Source-Destination station names
    • The last searched station pair gets saved for quick use in future
    • Live train information

    This app can work completely offline. If an internet connection is available it would be used to only display advertisements and collect usage statistics. This app does not collect any personal information.

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    Grant of 5% Bonus to Users of UTS on Mobile App from 24.05.2018

    Southern Railway announced that Railway commuters in Chennai and Tamil Nadu who use the R-wallet to book mobile-tickets would soon get Rs 5 extra when they recharge the R-wallet for Rs 100.

    Issue of UTS tickets (Paperless) through Mobile APP has been extended to all stations over Southern Railway with effect from 14.04.2018.There has been tremendous response from the travelling public. On an average, 3% of total unreserved passengers are now using the APP for booking unreserved tickets.

    This facility has been enabled for both Android and IOS phones.The user can quickly book tickets using the APP and can travel by showing the ticket in the mobile itself.For payment, users can recharge their R wallet either at any unreserved counters at stations or by using their credit / debit cards in the APP itself.Recharge can also be done through the website www.utsonmobile.indianrail.gov.in.When recharge of R wallet is done through UTS counters, no extra service charges are levied and the entire amount is credited to the R wallet account.

    Now, based o­n the orders of the Railway Board, it has been decided that with effect from 24.05.2018, Thursday, an additional bonus of 5% will be extended to all the mobile booking customers when they recharge their R wallet.This initiative is taken to popularise mobile booking, encourage the passengers to Go Green and to promote digital payments.This bonus will be given to all the recharges done to the R wallet at the time of recharge itself.For instance, if a passenger recharges his R wallet for Rs.1000/-, his wallet will be credited with Rs.1050/- and he can book tickets for value upto Rs.1050/-.

    To enable this, the facility of recharge will not be available for a brief period of two hours from 00.00 hrs.to 02.00 hrs. o­n 24.05.2018. The facility of recharge with bonus will be available thereafter. This scheme will be valid for a period of three months from 24.05.2018.

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    Launch of New Mode of Mobile UTS Tickets – ‘BAAT’

    On 7th April 2018, Southern Railway is launching BAAT – Book Activate And Travel – mode of paperless mobile tickets for Chennai Suburban customers. Southern Railway had launched a mobile APP for booking of unreserved tickets through the mobile phone in 2015. Passengers can download this App in their mobile from Google Play store and book their unreserved tickets using R wallet, which is an e-payment mode of Railways with no service charges. Using this App, passengers can buy two types of tickets viz., paper ticket and paper-less ticket. Today about 3 % of suburban tickets are booked through mobiles, crossing o­ne million in January 2018.
     
    In case of a paper ticket, the passenger can book the ticket from the App and can take a print out of the ticket from the ATVM machines, as well as UTS counters at stations. This facility is now available to buy season tickets and non-suburban journey tickets also.
     
    Booking paperless tickets o­n mobiles normally require GPS and Internet connection in the phone. o­nce the passenger books the ticket in paperless option, the image of the ticket is downloaded to the phone. The passenger can show the ticket image o­n the mobile phone and travel. However, for booking a paperless ticket, the passenger has to be at least 25 metres away from the railway track and station platforms but within five kms from the station. This facility is provided through ‘geo-fencing’
     
    To overcome the difficulties faced by the passengers due to such geo fencing, a new feature called ‘BAAT’ (Book Activate And Travel) has now been launched as a trial measure at Chennai Central. By this feature, the passenger can book the ticket from anywhere either from office or home, without worrying about the distance restriction. The passenger can come to the station to an area earmarked as ‘BAAT Activation Zone’ and can ‘activate’ the ticket for travel. No internet or GPS is required for activation. The passenger also need not take a print out of the ticket.
     
    This facility is being launched at Chennai Central as a trial measure from Saturday, 7/4/2018. BAAT is expected to be another passenger-friendly feature being bought out by Southern Railway to benefit over o­ne million passengers every day in Chennai suburban area. Railway hopes to increase the percentage of mobile tickets to over 10 % of the total UTS tickets during the current year.

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