Railways sees 12% rise in e-ticketing; passengers can now book via BHIM app

Buoyed by a 12 per cent surge in the number of reserved tickets being booked digitally, the Railways on Thursday said passengers can now book their tickets on an app called BHIM.

Ticket buyers can use the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app from Friday Mohd Jamshed, Member, Traffic, Railway Board, said.

Before demonetisation, around 58 per cent of reserved tickets were booked online. The number has risen to 70 per cent since October 2016, he said.

BHIM or UPI (Unified Payments Interface) promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi post demonetisation facilitates instant fund transfers between two