Here's app to check your railway ticket bookings using the PNR number
The app takes into consideration the delay in the train arrivals and departures while suggesting these alternates.
ConfirmTkt.com, a train PNR director has launched ConfirmTkt Alternates app, aimed to help waitlisted train passengers to get confirmed tickets by unlocking all the hidden and other available travel options.
If no direct tickets are available then ConfirmTkt Alternates looks for vacant seats by exploring un-used quota of seats on the same train from other stations. When all quotas of seats are occupied on a train then it looks for vacant seats on other trains on the route and suggests alternate options of booking tickets on two different trains, or a combination of train and bus to reach the destination.
Additionally, the app also takes into consideration the delay in the train arrivals and departures while suggesting these alternates.
For example if one want to travel from Bengaluru to Kolkata. If no direct tickets are available, then ConfirmTkt Alternates finds vacant seats from other stations on the same route. If no vacant seats are available, then it looks for other trains on the same route and suggests booking a train from Bengaluru to Vishakapatnam and change train at Vishakapatnam to reach Kolkata or suggests a bus instead to reach Kolkata.
ConfirmTkt Alternates provides four option for a long distance traveler: Train + Train- which will show train combination with layover time, Train + Bus- which will show train and bus combination, Bus- which will show direct bus option to desired destination and Bus + Bus- which will get user to certain point from the traveler would have to change the bus to reach the destination.
ConfirmTkt Alternates app will be available on Android as well as Apple iOS.