Mumbai Local News: Now, WR Commuters Will Also Get Live Location On Yatri App From April 5

In a welcoming news, now Western Railway local commuters can check the real-time location of local trains using the Yatri app from Wednesday, April 5.

Releasing an official statement, the Mumbai Division of Western Railways (WR) said: "It's official now! Let the world of commuters know that Western Railway tracking is going to be launched on the official Local app of Mumbai, YATRI from April 5, 2023, at Churchgate station Mumbai. With state of the art GPS system, get access to the accurate location of your train and make your journey easy."

Western Railway Mumbai Division launching official " Yatri" App for tracking live location of local trains. pic.twitter.com/E3ruBfFiq4

— DRM - Mumbai Central, WR (@drmbct) April 3, 2023

Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of WR, exclaimed that the mobile application comes with a plethora of features to help commuter plan their journey at their fingertips.

WR has installed GPS tracking devices in all its EMU rakes which will enable the app to provide real-time location of the local trains. Commuters will get authentic information regarding Train Live Updates & Announcements, Latest Timetable, Maps of major railway station & its amenities.

The app also provides additional information such as o­n nearby attractions, Mumbai Metro, Buses, etc.

Thakur further added that commuters will not o­nly be able to get the train’s live location o­n map, but also see it moving in action. In just 3 simple steps, commuters can view the live location. Commuters can find the nearest stations directly o­n the map, type the source station and track the local train of their choice, so they can gauge how close or far they are from the train to plan their journey.

Besides, the app will be Divyangjan-friendly as well. Divyang commuters who operate the phone via voice commands, can easily find their train’s live location by asking it through Google Assistant. They have to speak the command “Talk to Yatri Railways” and say the train number. Google Assistant would fetch the live location of that train via the Yatri App and speak out loud to the users.

Earlier on October 4, 2022, Central Railway (CR) released the GPS Live Location feature of trains, allowing Suburban commuters have been helped to plan their journey in a better way.

This function allows users to view live train location on map and see train symbol moving.

Meanwhile, in November, YATRI app launched a new feature called, ‘Share and Contribute’ for women's safety.