RailYatri App predicts last day to get confirmed train ticket

New Delhi: Leading travel marketplace – RailYatri, has yet again added another unique feature which will make sure that eager passengers do not miss out on getting confirmed tickets. Nearly 50% of trains get filled up within a short span of 2 weeks after booking opens. Known as Rush-o-meter, this feature predicts the selling-out time of available tickets.

Using historical data and deep data analysis, RailYatri predicts the speed of ticket booking in all long-distance trains; i.e how soon tickets get sold out on each train. While in some trains, tickets are available for months after booking opens, there are many popular trains for which tickets get sold out within 5-6 hours and the speed of ticket booking is as high as 51 tickets/hour.

Ironing Out Glitches in Train Travel

Talking about this first of its kind feature Manish Rathi, CEO & Co-founder RailYatri said “We have always believed in ironing out glitches in train travel, and every day millions of travellers fail to get confirmed tickets which is one of the biggest pain points. This feature will exactly tell you by when or within how many hours/days you should book your ticket so as to avoid disappointment. While there are many who do predictions on ticket confirmation, RailYatri is the only app that will tell you the speed of ticket booking in trains and help you book at the right time”.

The trains are further categorized according to their ticket selling rush. While in Supersonic trains tickets get sold out within the first 12 hrs, trains in which tickets get sold out within 6-7 days are called Subsonic trains.

Also, there are trains in which tickets are available for much longer period, and these are named Chuk Chuk trains. Since the train ticket booking period is a long 120 days and it is not always possible to make travel plans 4 months in advance, the Rush-o-meter comes as a great innovation which will tell you how many hours/days you have to book your tickets before they get sold out.

Rathi adds, “This feature will significantly increase the chances of getting a confirmed ticket since travellers will exactly know by when the tickets would be sold out. This works as an alarm for travellers who are planning to buy tickets for their future travel. Also, this feature will bring down speculative booking; where people buy tickets months in advance even if their plans are not final.”

The chart below shows trains in which tickets get sold out really fast; in some cases within the first 6 hours of the ticketing window opening up. The app also shows when RAC available ticket will turn to Waitlist, thus increasing your chances of booking a confirmed ticket for your journey.

This feature is a major innovation in train travel as getting a confirmed ticket is still the biggest struggle for one and all. This insight can be checked for all trains and route on the RailYatri app. According to an earlier study done by RailYatri over 10 lakh, travellers fail to get confirmed tickets every day!