You can now book railway train tickets on Amazon mobile app

Amazon has joined hands with the state-run Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC) to offer the facility to book reserved train tickets to customers on its e-commerce mobile app.

The new service is already live in India. Users can find the new ‘trains’ option in the Amazon Pay tab. It offers a variety of self-serve options such as live checking of PNR status, ticket downloads, and cancellations of reservations booked, only if the consumer has booked the ticket on Amazon.

Furthermore, users who reserved seat through Amazon Pay Balance, he/she can get an instant refund in case of cancellations or booking failures.

As part of the launch offer, the company has waived off service and payment gateway transaction charges for a limited time.