MUMBAI, Jan. 4 -- In a major step towards streamlining digital ticketing, Indian Railways has begun migrating passengers from the older Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) mobile application to its new unified platform, RailOne. As part of this transition, the Railways have permanently discontinued the issuance and renewal of season passes on the UTS app, though no deadline has yet been announced for the complete withdrawal of UTS from public use. RailOne is being positioned as a comprehensive "super app" that brings together nearly all passenger-facing railway services under a single digital platform. Unlike UTS, which was limited to unreserved (general) tickets and season passes, RailOne allows passengers to book both reserved and unreserved tickets, including suburban local train season passes, using a single sign-on. To encourage adoption, the Railway Ministry has announced a 3% discount on the purchase of unreserved tickets booked through the RailOne app using any digital payment mode. This incentive will be available from January 14 to July 14. At present, passengers booking unreserved tickets through the RailOne app using the R-wallet option also receive a 3% cashback. Meanwhile, users opening the UTS app are greeted with a prompt asking them to download and shift to RailOne. According to railway officials, while journey tickets can still be booked on UTS for the time being, its role will gradually diminish. "Issuing season passes and renewals on the UTS mobile app has been permanently disabled. Passengers can continue booking journey tickets for now, but they will eventually have to migrate to the RailOne app," an official said. To ensure a smooth transition, a 'Transfer Ticket' link has been embedded in the updated UTS app. This feature allows commuters to seamlessly migrate their active season passes, whether monthly, quarterly or annual, to RailOne. Any balance amount in the UTS wallet is automatically transferred to the RailOne account once the user completes the login and registration process....