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Both This Sites, Lack User Interests And Preferences.
Some Of Key Difficulties Using This Sites :
1) Train Searching Is Based On Parameters Like Date Of Journey, Class etc So You May Miss Out Some Trains Which Are Newly Added And You Don't Know About Them.
Example : You Know 2 Trains Are Running On Tuesday, But You Don't Know That New Train Is Added Which Runs On Wednesday And Saturday So You Will Always Search Trains For Tuesday, And You Will Miss New Trains, Which May Have Vacant Seats.
2) Checking All Trains Running Between Particular Stations In Not Possible In Single Click.
3) Sorting Of Trains Not Possible. Sorting Means Arranging Trains Based On Arrival Time, Departure Time, Total Travel Time, Based On Class, Based On Days And So On.
4) Checking Fare, Train Route, Arrival Time Is An Another Task, As You Have To Move From One Page To Other. So Navigation Is Difficult.
5) Checking Quota Like Ladies Quota, Senior Citizen Quota, Foreign Tourist Quota, Defense Quota, Handicap Quota Etc Is Not Possible.
6) Lack Of Tools Like Calculating Refund, Total Fare, Seat Arrangements etc
7) Sites Do Not Provide One Click Updates Of New Railway Rules, Like New Refund Rule, New Trains Added, Fare Increase/Decrease, Change In Time Of Arrival/Departure, Change In TDR Process.
8) If Trains Are Not Found Between Two Stations, Site Do Not Suggest Connecting Trains. So Difficult To Search Trains When No Direct Trains Are Available.
Example : If Suppose No Direct Train Between Bandra To Naliya. Site Will Not Show Trains From Bandra To Bhuj And Bhuj To Naliya.
9) Sites Do Not Store User History. Results Of Previous Search Of Trains, PNR Status etc Are Not Stored. So Next Time You Visit Site For Same Thing, Still You Have To Start From First.
10) Last But Not Least....SLOW....I Think IE Works Fast Than This Stupid Sites.
Chintan Chhadva
