In India, railways are the chief means of transport for long distances. India has one of the world’s largest railway networks, and it provides access to the remotest corners of the country. The demand for the railways always stays on top. Dating back to a few years, you have to wait for long hours in queues either to get your tickets booked or track any other info. Of late, IRCTC is taking every step necessary to provide its passengers a comfortable journey. As a part of this, it has taken initiatives to provide your PNR status directly to your mobiles. If you have no idea on how to get PNR status on mobile, this is for you. Here below, we detailed a few android apps, which can help you to track the ticketing details.

PNR status and train info:

If you have your ticket in your hand, and this android app on your smart phone, your train journey can be a lot more comfortable. This is one of the most widely used applications to check the PNR status. Apart from fetching you the PNR status, this app also provides information related to train map, train schedule, seat availability, train availability, train between stations, fare enquiry, arrival and departure of trains.

Indian railway train alarm:

The key features of this app include PNR status check, booking and cancellation of tickets and monitor train schedules. The distinct feature of this app is that it alerts you about the train timings. This feature can be a lot handy, especially in case of late running of trains. It also facilitates the user to download the train schedules and keep them for further references. The amazing features of this app have fetched it the name “one station for your entire rail ticketing needs”.

IRCTC mobile:

After reading the name, you might mistake it for the official site. Though it is an unofficial site, it has gained a wide popularity for its ease of use and flexibility. If you feel that using android apps for tracking PNR status is something very new for you, start experiencing from this app. It shows the data in a completely optimized fashion, which puts the user to comfort.

Ngpay:

This is another unofficial and efficient application worth to be mentioned in this context. This application provides you the access to various banking and ticketing domains. To use it for railway ticketing purposes, select IRCTC section. This app allows you to pay money through your credit/debit cards. Once the ticket gets booked, the e-ticket drops directly into your inbox.

Indian Rail PNR status enquiry:

This will turn out to be one of the simplest android apps you ever used in this context. Once you provide your PNR number, this app generates the status of your reservation. This is going to be handy, especially when you are stuck in the waiting list.

Indian Rail Info:

If you are hungry for information, download this app without any hesitation. It gives you all the info like seat availability, train search, PNR status and any other rail or ticketing info you can mention. Answers for any type of basic or complicated questions can be generated in no time with this app.

If you are someone who travels by train very often, make sure that you have any of these apps installed in your mobile.

 India is if not most, one of the most diverse countries both on the basis of culture and geographical conditions. With fastest growing economy in the world tag, India has done even better and the connectivity among people is one of the fundamental requirements for better growth at the faster pace. This work of reducing the gap between people has been done by none other than Indian Railways, although there are other modes of transportation, but, undoubtedly, Indian Railways is way ahead when it comes to connecting people emotionally too.

Indian Railways is pioneering more and more technical options for the betterment of its services and no doubt that, in recent years, with the help of technical advancements, it has raised it service experience by several notch. Not only in connecting people but also in connecting various industrial hubs, Indian Railways has come a long way since then.

One of the first initiatives of Indian Railways keeping in mind the need of today’s generation was launching of IRCTC, which enabled passengers to book the online ticket, which is absolutely hassled free and it was not at all time consuming.

One such service for passengers who have waitlist tickets or RAC tickets can check their seat status with the help of PNR number generated while booking your ticket. We all must be aware of PNR, it stands for Passenger Name Record, is automatically generated number by Railway automated servers while you book your ticket, and this PNR number is indeed very helpful in tracking your details, like seat details, passenger details, etc.

There are many ways of checking your PNR status and you can use any of them according to your convenience. Here are some of them.

• Checking your PNR status online

The simplest way to check the PNR status. If you have a waitlisted ticket or RAC, you are worried about its final status and you don’t know how to check it? Just visit online website of Indian Railways or IRCTC. There is an option of ‘Get PNR status’, click on that, look for your PNR number on the upper left corner of your ticket, enter the PNR number and get the status.

You can also check your PNR status on websites other than official websites of Indian Railways. Examples are travelkhana.com etc.

• Getting PNR status on mobile via SMS

Not all people use the internet and nor they have great knowledge about the internet. The other way to get your PNR status on mobile is using the tele services of Indian Railways, by dialing 139. You can also use other numbers like 5676747, 54959, all you have to do is to send PNR number to any of the above numbers and they will send PNR status to mobile.

• Checking PNR status via mobile APP

Keeping in mind the next generation, Indian railways has launched its own APP, which can be used for so many things from booking tickets to checking PNR status. All you have to do is to download the app and get the services.