Almost everyone travels by train - less often, someone more often. After all, air tickets are often 2-3 times more expensive than rail tickets, and somehow you need to get to your destination in our big country. And, as always, mobile technologies come to the rescue in the matter of quick purchases.
There are many mobile applications that allow you to see the train schedule, and only a couple where you can make a purchase. Of these, the official, perhaps, can be called only one thing - “Railway Tickets”. It is branded "Russian Railways", the developer is the official technology partner of our main railway carrier.
“Railway Tickets” today and we will look at our review. The application is available on both iOS and Android devices. You can buy tickets through it in almost all directions offered by Russian Railways, with the exception of some European routes.
So, take a mobile phone and see what the Rail Tickets application can offer us.
Without the first screen, in fact, one could do without. On it we see only the big “Buy ticket” button and the train picture. Go ahead.
Buying a ticket is standard - enter the route, date, choose a train and place, fill in the passengers and pay for the purchase. Discounts are the same as in the box office at the station - you can buy a ticket for the children's fare or get a free ticket for the kids, and buying a ticket in advance will cost less.
For holders of RZD Bonus bonus cards, a special field is provided - you can enter your card number and you will receive bonus points.
In general, the interface is simple and convenient - there are exactly as many fields as needed, all are signed, in case of an erroneous filling, clear hints are displayed. On the ticket issuing screen, you can see how many seats are left on the train, how much the prices differ in different categories of cars, for example, in a compartment and a reserved seat. The place on the next screen can be selected on a convenient scheme - it shows not only exactly which places are free, but also their location - upper or lower, how far from the toilet, and where there is a compartment of conductors in the car. You can also see the detailed train route with all the stops. To do this, in the list of trains you need to click on the line of the train you need.
The ticket is paid by credit card. That's just for the purchase of a service charge. But the price is initially indicated taking into account the amount of the fee.
In total, buying a ticket for one person took me about one and a half minutes. And on the go. Somewhere you can do it faster? I think it is unlikely.
There are several other advantages: the passport data can not be entered manually every time - when you buy again, the application will offer you a list of passengers for whom you checked out earlier, and the data of the selected passenger will be automatically entered in the fields. You can also import the necessary data from the application "Varmane".
When paying, you can save your bank card details, then you will not have to enter them on the next purchase again, you can simply select the card and enter the CVV code to confirm the payment.
All information about your orders is also always at your fingertips - it is stored in the "My Tickets" section. You can also go through the electronic registration, if you have not done so when making a ticket, and print out a control coupon for tickets that have not yet been used. Or return the ticket if the need arose. Return is also online, takes half a minute.
Well, until April 2015, when you buy a ticket through the app as a gift, you get 500 rubles for a trip in GetTaxi taxi. Conveniently, the only negative - money can be spent only on the first trip. But the coupon is not personalized, so you can always transfer it to a friend who has not yet used the services of this taxi.
The application "Railway tickets" for free, you can download it in the App Store and on Google Play.
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