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Trainman started its journey in 2014, with an objective to provide simple and user-friendly interface to the complex Indian Railway rules and systems on the site and mobile applications. According to Vineet Kumar Chirania, CEO, Trainman, Indian Railways carries 23 million people every day, which is more than the population of Australia. This means that nearly 2 per cent of Indian population is on a train on any given day. Raghvendra Shikhrani gets in the conversation with Chirania to understand the objective behind Trainman. Edited excerpts . What inspired you to launch Trainman? How long did it take to put together the initial version of Trainman? Train is the lifeline of travel in India. Indian Railways carries 23 million people (which is more than the population of Australia) on trains every day. This means that nearly 2% of Indian Population is on train on any given day. Railways system is quite difficult to understand for a normal user. Also, getting a waitlisted t