Find your train on the move

National Train Enquiry System - CRIS(Govt. of India)

India runs on its vast network of railways and in this age of technology, it becomes quite necessary to keep a tab on train movements and continuing the exclusive relationship with Windows phone platform, CRIS has launched an app which is the mobile version of National Train Enquiry System (NTES). NTES is the system which shows the live status and various other information regarding the vast railway network India has. CRIS is the backbone to which NTES is connected for its live feeds.

Diving into the app, it shows up a neat start screen with 7 sections starting from Live status to the details of trains which have been diverted for the day. Colors are vibrant and the sections are neatly placed as metro tiles, though there are no automatic updates for the tiles.

Spot  - This tile lets you go directly into the main function of app i .e to know the live status of currently running trains. Key in the train number/name, journey station and journey day to know the current running status of train.

Live station - This is an interesting feature and a welcome addition to a phone app. This tile lets you find all the trains from a particular station in a time span of 2/4 hours. Its very helpful when we dont know the train name/number but know the station from which it passes.

Train schedule - This is a standard option found in almost all the railway apps. Key in the train name/number to know its schedule.

Trains between stations - Again a standard but uselful option of knowing the trains between two stations.

Cancellations - Important feature which shows the complete list of cancelled train list with an option to filter information for the previous and next date from current date. A full and partial cancellation can also be viewed. The same goes with other tiles such as rescheduled and diverted train list

Overall a near perfect app for frequent travelers. Good that ticket booking has not been included in this which is meant just to view status of trains. Home screen is quite vibrant considering its a Indian govt. app ( oops!!), but as you dive inside, the colors are pale and doesn't inspire interest. Its a bug free app and  a very useful one

Go on download it here and share your experiences.