Stellar response to Central Railway’s live location feature

Central Railways (CR), on 13 July 2022, introduced the much-awaited feature for every Suburban train commuter on the Yatri app- GPS Live Location of trains.

In just 15 days Yatri app has achieved: 

• 25 per cent increase in Yatri app downloads and growing
• Average time spent on the app has tripled with the users tracking their favourite trains
• More than 90 per cent of the users who open the Yatri app have used the GPS feature

CR’s objective in introducing the ‘Yatri app’ is to simplify the daily commute of Mumbaikars. Live location tracking is an important feature of the Yatri- a mobile application that will help commuters better plan their journey and easier commutes.

GPS devices installed on all the suburban rakes of CR and an algorithm developed to get the real-time location of local trains will enable users to view live train locations on the map and see the train symbol moving. The data gets auto-refreshed every 15 seconds and users can also click on the refresh button to get the updated live location of the train. Through ‘The Yatri app’ commuters can also access the latest timetable, train announcements especially monsoon train updates, station amenities, railway SOS emergency numbers and much more on the Yatri app.

This facility is available for local train commuters of the Mainline, Harbour line, Transharbour line and Belapur/Nerul-Kharkopar line.

Download the CR’s official Mumbai Local app, the ‘Yatri App’ on Android and iOS from Play Store/App Store.