The passenger has to use the ticket within an hour of booking the ticket as per the policy of suburban sections.

The railways on Wednesday launched a mobile application for paperless unreserved tickets.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu introduced from Delhi, the mobile app for paperless unreserved ticketing for commuters in Egmore and Tambram suburban sections in Chennai under Southern Railway zone.

Developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), ‘utsonmobile’ — the paperless unreserved ticketing feature in mobile application aims to eliminate the need for printing of unreserved tickets.

“It was a budget proposal to provide paperless tickets in unreserved segment and we implemented it today,” Mr. Prabhu said.

The app can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Windows Store and used by the user.

Payment for the ticket is done through the “railway wallet” feature in the app. After booking the ticket, the passenger will get ticket confirmation screen, which will contain limited information about the ticket, officials said.

The passenger has to use the ticket within an hour of booking the ticket as per the policy of suburban sections.

Also, the ticket will have distinct colour scheme everyday and it cannot be forwarded to another mobile, they said.