With its help, passengers will be able to buy a ticket from a smartphone on the domestic platform
JSC «Russian Railways» plans to create a pwa application for passengers, which will be suitable for the Aurora operating system. Deputy Head of Russian Railways Evgeny Charkin spoke about this at the Digital Transportation forum. PWA (Progressive Web Application) — This is a format of web applications for smartphones that work directly in the browser and support banking services, they do not depend on restrictions in the App Store or Google Play.
According to Charkin, Russian Railways plans to develop cooperation with the Russian OS «Aurora»: work is underway to develop a mobile version of the Russian Railways portal, and the pwa application of the Russian Railways website will provide users with the opportunity to work comfortably on OS «Aurora». It is expected that the Russian Railways website for purchasing tickets will be improved so that it can be used in the format of a regular mobile application.
Charkin also emphasized that the creation of a pwa version of the Russian Railways portal — this is the first step towards launching a «regular» mobile application for the domestic platform. Let us remind you that a few days ago the fifth version of the Russian OS «Aurora» was presented.