Trainenquiry.com, the official train enquiry and search site of the Indian Railways, has launched a revamped web interface, in partnership with RailYatri.in. The website which provides information such as current status of the train, last known location and the estimated time to reach the next destination, in addition to the last two and next two destinations with estimated time, claims that the site has been visited by 55 lakh train travelers in India, within two months of the launch. While the new design has been made the default one, users can still access the old interface. The site is powered by information collected by Centre for Railway Information Service (CRIS), and claims that it covers 80% of 3.29M sq kms of India with 7500 trains/week, 9000 train stations and 20 million daily riders. RailYatri.in claims to be a platform that combines passengers' context of the journey with location-based information systems and operating/running parameters of the transportation mode. New Interface: The new web interface is a welcome change from the previous one, and supports features such as auto-complete on train search queries. It's also available in Hindi and is mobile friendly. The site features a search box which offers instant suggestions as the user enters the name of a train or station. Once the user selects the appropriate train, he can choose the date of his journey, following which the status of the arrival/departure along with estimated time of arrival, last location updated and previous and next stops, along with the expected arrival and departure time…
