RailYatri.in uses Travel Big Data, launches “Insights platform”

Want to check the coverage of mobile network on your train’s route? Or the station where most passengers off-board a train and probability of a confirmed ticket is high? Or the delay pattern of a train at your station? Check out RailYatri.in for your answers.

RailYatri.in announced the launch of “RailYatri Insights”, a first of its kind Big Data and Discovery tool that will allow train passengers in India to derive answers to such questions. The tool provides insights from train traveler data spread across hundreds of meta-data fields and behavioral information sources captured by RailYatri. For effective communication of information, RailYatri Insights also uses Google Maps so that train travelers can easily relate to data associated with their geography or cities.The Insights tool is structured to provide quick turnarounds for complex train travel queries, enabling train travelers and travel businesses to drill deeply into travel patterns across all corners of India.

“The number of decision criteria’s which every train traveler has to consider at various stages of the life cycle of the journey is simply mind-blowing and can drive up trip-related stress. Our launch of RailYatri Insights addresses to the growing need for Big Data Analysis in order to uncover hidden yet useful information which train travelers in India can effectively utilize. ” says Manish Rathi, Co-founder and CEO, RailYatri.in.

RailYatri Insights is based on the data from more than 50 million travelers over the last few years across 8000 train stations and more than 2000 train routes.

Over the next few months, RailYatri will also extend the Insights tool with additional visualizations which would mine additional travel-related behavior in India.

“Our mission at RailYatri.in is simplifying train travel in India. This big data powered tool with insights comes along right with that perspective”, says AnkitaSethi, Chief Marketing Officer at RailYatri.in.

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