One of the largest railway networks of the world, India Railways cover a route of 65,000 km and 7,500 stations carrying over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tonnes of freight daily. Indian Railway network has over one million employees. Assuming each person supports a family of four that is a total four million people supported by the network, making it the 4th largest employer in the world.
1. Hotel Booking, Taxi Booking, Non Ticketing Services
RailYatri.in is continuously looking for providing and updating services to rail passenger during travel in India. This technology provider is now emphasizing its online application from information-based platform to marketplace. This will facilitate railways tickets in every Indian Railways station along with its newly introduced e-commerce around 80 stations. As per Manish Rathi, CEO, RailYatri.in travelers will soon have facilities like easy booking, cab booking, etc from this application. He also said that passengers have to spend much on their non-ticketing than on the ticketing. Thus, this will be the best place for everyone to book best facilities like cabs, taxis, along with various other required non-ticketing services. This website will help even small vendors to compete with brands and sell their products.
As per Manish Rathi, services like hotel booking and taxi booking will soon be started on the website. This will be the best platform to look for an alternate means of transport if passenger misses to have their tickets confirmed. Thus, this website will provide versatile solutions to customers as they are thinking to provide the airline services to the passengers. As most of the passengers prefer trains, there is always requirement to boost service.