The facility for booking unreserved suburban tickets on mobile phones was introduced on Southern Railway on 15.01.2015 with 5 stations on the sub-urban network selected from where journeys can commence.
With effect from 28.02.2015, 13 more suburban stations will be enabled for this application. This means that passengers can now book suburban tickets through this application for journeys commencing from any of the 18 stations detailed below.
1. Chennai Beach 2. Chennai Fort 3. Chennai Park 4. Chennai Egmore 5. Nungambakkam 6. Mambalam 7. Saidapet 8. Guindy 9. St. Thomas Mount 10. Palavanthangal 11.Chrompet 12. Tambaram 13. Velachery 14. Tiruvanmiyur 15. Tirumayilai 16. Chennai Central 17. Perambur 18. Ambattur
Passengers may be aware that the charging of Railway Wallet can be done on-line through the IRCTC payment gateway as well as across the counter. After booking a ticket on their mobile phones, the passenger must go to an ATVM at the journey originating station and get a printout of the ticket. Passengers cannot travel without this printed ticket on the trains.
For more details, please log on to website www.indianrail.gov.in