IRCTC vs RailOne: Sleeper, AC, Tatkal, To Platform; Which App Is Better For All Your Ticket Booking Needs

IRCTC vs RailOne: The IRCTC application is one of the easiest go-to mobile applications for many Indian Railway travellers for all their train ticket booking needs. However, the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)-developed RailwayOne has also gathered significant popularity among Indians.

As both applications offer railway ticket booking services, let's compare the key differences and similarities between RailOne and IRCTC.

IRCTC vs RailOne: Travel Booking Services

IRCTC offers online Indian Railways ticket booking service for AC/ and sleeper categories. They can also book train tickets a day before the travel, availing the Tatkal or premium Tatkal service. Apart from train ticket booking, IRCTC also offers flights, buses, and hotel booking services. They can also use the 'Order Food on Train' service from the IRCTC application, which will redirect users to ecatering.irctc.co.in website.

RailOne also offers 'Reserved' train ticket booking services, where users can book train tickets for AC and sleeper category. THis application also offers the facility to order food online.

IRCTC vs RailOne: Platform Ticket, General Ticket Booking

Taking a step forward, RailOne also offers the option to 'Track your Train' and check coach position. The application has also extended its service to 'Unreserved ticket and platform ticket service.

What is RailOne Application?

It is a mobile application launched by the Ministry of Railways to provide one-stop services related to parcel booking, IRCTC ticket booking, platform ticket booking, train status tracking, etc on their mobile. The RailOne application has nearly all the features of IRCTC and UTS applications. Additionally, it provides features like train status checking, etc.

RailOne users can book train tickets, like they used to do on IRCTC application, under the 'Reserved' ticket option. They are required to select the starting and ending station of their journey, date of their journey and the category of their travel. Apart from reserved ticket booking, passengers can also book unreserverd ticket for their journey. They can also purchase platform ticket via the RailOne application.

While RailOne application has all the features of IRCTC application, certain additions makes it standout against the former. The application's facility of booking unreserved tickets, platform tickets are the recent additions which are absent in IRCTC application. Passengers can also track their train's running status on the application, check their train coach position, check schedule of their train, etc.

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