Mumbai Division of Central Railway records best ever sale of Mobile Tickets using UTS App on 8.2.2020. Central Railway’s Mumbai Division has set a new record with 9.11 lakh passengers booked tickets using UTS Mobile App on 8.2.2020, surpassing the earlier best of 8.33 lakh passengers achieved on 16.12.2019. This is 11.5% of its total passengers booked on Mumbai Division on 8.2.2020. Earnings realised from Mobile ticket sale also works out to Rs 33.30 lakh which is 13.79%.
Other divisions of Central Railway also registered similar response for UTS Mobile app. The number of passengers booked through Mobile UTS app on 8.2.2020 on Bhusaval Division 2,117 passengers, Nagpur Division 5,732 passengers, Pune Division 3,882 passengers and Solapur Division 591 passengers. The Commercial Department of Central Railway, Mumbai division at the forefront in initiating several campaigns to popularise the UTS Mobile app.
Several drives have been conducted at various stations to educate passengers about the features of the UTS app, the procedure to download it and how to use the same. In addition to this UTS app promotion is also being done by advertising on ticket rolls, animated videos and radio jingles. Besides, the bonus of 5% and the ease of booking season tickets through the UTS app has been widely appreciated.