An experimental mobile app by a Hyderabadi techie has not just made commuting by MMTS easy, but also exciting for hundreds of travellers.
The app ‘MMTS Live Status’ was developed by 22-year-old M. Venkatapathi Raju in April last year for his personal use. But he soon decided to publish the app for the benefit of the public and promoted it on social media. Till date, the app has been downloaded more than 3,000 times with an average of five to ten downloads per day.
A technical member of CDK Global firm, Mr. Raju’s disappointment with the existing app of the Railways laid the foundation for his project.
“I tried downloading the existing app which has been outsourced by the Railways, but I felt it was very complex and did not have all the features I wanted,” said the youngster, who commutes daily in MMTS between his residence in Miyapur and office in Somajiguda.
“I worked on my app for three weeks and started using it after which I published it for Windows phones for free of cost.”
The app features include tracking live running status of MMTS trains, time table searching, routes details and others. Buoyed by the success, the app developer now wants to upgrade his app to the next level.
“I want to redesign the entire user experience of the app and make it compatible with IOS and other platforms in the coming days. I want to include a feature which would estimate the time to a particular destination. The other addition will be about getting information after tapping on a particular route,” he said.
To ensure more number of commuters use his services, the techie is also drawing up plans to further market his product.
