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News India Live, Digital Desk: A big good news has come for crores of railway passengers before Holi. The IRCTC website and app, which used to often ‘crash’ during Tatkal booking or festival times, are now going to be super-fast. Railway Ministry has increased the booking capacity 5 times To enhance this, work has been completed on the new digital architecture, which will be fully launched between April-June 2026.
1. Booking Speed and Capacity (The 5X Leap)
Here is a comparison of the benefits passengers will enjoy once the new system is implemented:
| Facility | Current Capacity (Old) | New Capacity (Upgraded 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| ticket booking per minute | ~25,000 to 32,000 | 1,25,000 to 1,50,000 |
| Inquiry per minute | ~4 lakh | more than 40 lakhs |
| server technology | Fortran 77 (old) | Open-source (scalable) |
2. ‘RailOne’ super app: Everything on one platform
Railways old from March 1, 2026 UTS mobile app has been discontinued and replaced by a new ‘RailOne’ The app has introduced:
All-in-One: Now you will not need separate apps for reservation, general ticket and platform ticket.
Single sign-on: You will be able to log in using your old IRCTC or UTS credentials and biometrics (fingerprint/face ID).
Extra Discount: On booking unreserved tickets through digital medium, passengers will have to 3% off Is being given.
3. New features that will change your experience
Calendar View: Now you will be able to see the availability (Available/Waiting) of the entire month at a single glance.
Seat Selection: Like flight, now you will be able to select the seat of your choice in train also through the map.
Control on bots: The new system has been made so secure that the ‘automation software’ and ‘bots’ used by ticket agents will no longer work, thereby increasing the chances of common passengers getting confirmed tickets.
4. Big relief in instant booking
Often at 10 and 11 in the morning, due to the website being slow, passengers’ money was deducted but tickets were not booked. New scalable cloud server Due to this, now the system will automatically increase its capacity as the traffic increases, thereby eliminating the problem of ‘payment failure’ and ‘website hanging’.