IndianRail: Indian Railway app for Windows Phone

April 1st, 2012 Written By Ricky Shah WP Apps

While there is no official Indian Railway app available yet, users have to rely upon third-party app to retrieve information for IRCTC server. With ever growing popularity of Windows Phone, especially those lumia series handsets, it would be attainable option for WP7 app developer to provide a dedicated app to importunate users. Having said that, there are already few decent applications available in the marketplace.

indianrail app for windows phone

IndianRail, as the name suggest, is a dedicated app to serve the growing users need in India. It collects all the necessary information from IRCTC server and present it to the users of Windows Phone. Indian users can get train schedule, do PNR enquiry, get train status and do much more from this app.

What amazes us is that it provides Live Tile support with latest PNR status

pnr status live tile

Features of IndianRail app

  • Look for train schedule by train no/ name.
  • Save train schedule locally and add live tile
  • PNR Enquiry
  • Bookmark PNR (expired PNR get deleted automatically)
  • Send PNR status via SMS/ Email
  • Add Live Tile to homescreen to get the latest PNR status
  • Search trains between two station and get related information like fare, seat availability etc.
  • Get trains passing at station between specific period

Overall, IndianRail is the most complete Indian Railway app for Windows Phone users. You can virtually get all the information that you would be otherwise searching on a slow IRCTC server. Addition of Live Tile support with updated PNR status is extremely useful for frequent travelers. If you?re planning to visit Indian and surf places via Railway, then you must download IndianRail app on your Windows Phone. It will become your true guide in adverse situation. Passing by train is also a nice little addition, which will help you get the information of the passing by train if people refuses to provide you information (that rarely happens).

IndianRail app is available for free in the marketplace.

Download IndianRail app

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