Making the most of mobile platform and its increased penetration, Railways on Friday launched facilities for booking of paperless unreserved tickets as well as platform tickets to cut queues at the reservation counters.
The initiatives are mostly targetted at the Mumbai suburban sections to begin with where 75 lakh (7.5 million) passengers use the local train services to commute between places.
Launching the IT-enabled passenger services here, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said they are in tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' mission and seeks to help passengers save time by booking tickets right at their home before travelling.
The paperless platform ticket programme would cover the major sections in the Mumbai suburban sections, as well as New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations in New Delhi.
Prabhu also launched paperless season tickets on suburban sections of the Western Railway, Central Railway and between New Delhi and Palwal section of the Northern Railway.