Overview
- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a Thursday review at Rail Bhavan, told officials to shift passengers to the new platform without disruption starting in August.
- The Passenger Reservation System introduced in 1986 has been rebuilt with newer technology to handle more demand, according to the ministry.
- RailOne, the super app launched in 2025, now predicts waitlist confirmations using AI, with claimed accuracy rising from 53% earlier to 94%.
- The ministry says RailOne handles about 9.29 lakh ticket bookings a day, including 7.2 lakh unreserved and 2.09 lakh reserved, with 3.16 crore Android downloads and 33.17 lakh on Apple devices.
- Officials report that roughly 88% of tickets are booked online, and coverage relays ministry figures without an implementation timetable beyond the August start or independent verification.