Your smartphone will be your ticket to board a metro train
TNN | Nov 3, 2018, 09.29 AM IST
CHENNAI: When the remaining underground stretch along Anna Salai becomes operational early next year, commuters may need only their smartphones to board a metro train. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is working on a plan to introduce QR-based tickets which will allow passengers to purchase tickets through a mobile app and tap the QR code they receive, upon payment, on the scanners at the automatic fare collection (AFC) gates. For those it, the facility does away with the physical ticket. Commuters may no longer have to carry plastic smart cards or wait in queues at stations to purchase tickets or to top up their cards.
“We have studied its feasibility and conducted tests. We are in the process of preparing tender invites. We may introduce it in six months across all stations,” said a metro rail official. To purchase tickets on their smartphone, passengers will have to select their origin, destination and number of passengers and make a payment. A QR code will then be displayed.
Officials said the existing CMRL mobile app will be updated with the feature. Readers that can scan QR-codes will be installed at all AFC gates at stations. “This mode of ticket purchase will promote digital transaction. This will make our job of handling cash and accounts at the ticket counters easier. It will also save us on the cost of making smart cards,” the official said.
Delhi Metro has mobile ticketing system on its airport line. Officials said commuters in Delhi still have to carry a printout of the QR-ticket. Metro rail services at Bengaluru also have plans to introduce this system.
TNN | Nov 3, 2018, 09.29 AM IST
CHENNAI: When the remaining underground stretch along Anna Salai becomes operational early next year, commuters may need only their smartphones to board a metro train. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) is working on a plan to introduce QR-based tickets which will allow passengers to purchase tickets through a mobile app and tap the QR code they receive, upon payment, on the scanners at the automatic fare collection (AFC) gates. For those it, the facility does away with the physical ticket. Commuters may no longer have to carry plastic smart cards or wait in queues at stations to purchase tickets or to top up their cards.
“We have studied its feasibility and conducted tests. We are in the process of preparing tender invites. We may introduce it in six months across all stations,” said a metro rail official. To purchase tickets on their smartphone, passengers will have to select their origin, destination and number of passengers and make a payment. A QR code will then be displayed.
Officials said the existing CMRL mobile app will be updated with the feature. Readers that can scan QR-codes will be installed at all AFC gates at stations. “This mode of ticket purchase will promote digital transaction. This will make our job of handling cash and accounts at the ticket counters easier. It will also save us on the cost of making smart cards,” the official said.
Delhi Metro has mobile ticketing system on its airport line. Officials said commuters in Delhi still have to carry a printout of the QR-ticket. Metro rail services at Bengaluru also have plans to introduce this system.
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