New IRCTC e-ticketing app and website launched

The Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently launched the revamped IRCTC website along with the Rail Connect app . A more user-friendly version of the website has also been launched. This would make online booking faster and hassle-free. The revamped website will be operational from January 1.

The new app and website gets a new One-Click feature that includes

—Integrated Booking of Accommodation

—Last transaction details

—Refund status of all journeys including cancellations

"Based on an AI platform, IRCTC website will have frequent traveller's history along with their travel pattern. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, around 73 per cent tickets for railway travel was booked through the IRCTC website but post-Coronavirus around 83 per cent of the tickets are now booked through IRCTC," Goyal said. "The new IRCTC website will mean you can book tickets faster with the help of artificial intelligence," added the minister.