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Help Document for utsonmobile - Android Phone 
 
Unreserved Ticketing System is the predominant ticketing system on Indian Railways in terms of 
the number of passengers it serves. As of now, the passengers are allowed to book unreserved 
ticketing through the following mode 
 
1. Face-to-face UTS counter. 
2. Automatic ticket vending Machine (ATVM). 
 
Now as a fourth option, Indian Railway is introducing the facility of booking paperless 
unreserved suburban tickets on the Smartphones. The application has been modified in-house by 
Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). 
 
 
 
Pre-requisite: The passenger should have GPS enabled smartphone to book paperless unreserved 
suburban ticket. The GPS co-ordinates of suburban Railway tracks plus 15 meters on either side 
of the tracks will be earmarked as Geo-Fencing area and No ticket booking is allowed within the 
Geo-Fencing area.  
 
Mobile Application Availability/accessibility 
 
 
The downloadable mobile application is uploaded in the OEMs application store (i.e.) 
Android app in Google play store. The passenger can download the mobile ticketing app from 
the appropriate application store. 
 
 
Registration 
 
 Registration 
can 
be 
done 
through 
mobile 
phone 
app 
or 
website 
(https://www.utsonmobile.indianrail.gov.in).  
 The passenger first will get registered by providing his/her mobile number , name, 
Identification card number, city, default booking train type, class, ticket type, 
number of passenger, and frequently travelling routes. 
 
Mobile Screen shots

 The passenger has to provide the following information at the time of registration: 
Mobile Number 
The passenger should give the mobile number of the 
mobile from which registration process is being performed 
and will be used for Ticket Booking. By default, Mobile 
number will be used as user id for application login. 
Name
The name of the passenger. 
City 
The passenger resident city from where the passenger 
books the tickets. This information will be used to 
customize  
the application interface like filter source 
station at the time of booking ,etc 
ID Card 
The passenger has to give an ID card of any ID card type 
specified in the ‘Select ID card Type’ list. The passenger 
is responsible in case of defining wrong/fake ID card. 
 The passenger will press the Generate OTP and OTP will be sent as SMS to the 
mobile specified in the application. 
 The passenger has to type the received OTP in the application. 
 
Mobile Screen shots 
 
 
 
 
 
 The passenger has to select the most preferable booking information like Journey 
type, Ticket type, Class and number of passenger to be used as default while 
booking ticket. 
 The passenger can also define frequent travel route which will be used for Quick 
Booking. This will enable the passenger to book the ticket by 2 or 3 clicks. 
 After successful registration, an SMS will be sent to the user with login-id and 
password. The passenger can also register through the mobile phone and internet.

Login & Application feature 
 
The passengers have to login to the application by giving their mobile number and  
password as the user credentials. Only registered users are allowed to access the 
application features. 
If the login credential fails three times consecutively, then the user account will be locked. 
It will be unlocked automatically after 1 hour. The policy for automatic unlock may 
change time to time.  
        
  
                                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Application Feature  
1. Quick Booking 
- Book Ticket using frequent travel routes. 
2. Normal Booking - Book Ticket for any routes defined for the city. 
3. Season Ticket         - Book Season ticket for any routes defined for the city. 
4. Platform Ticket    - Book Platform ticket  
5. Cancel Ticket 
- Cancel a Ticket before taking Ticket Printout @    
   Kiosk. However, Cancellation of Paperless ticket is not    
   allowed. 
6. Booking History - Show already bo

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