CMRL considers seamless smartphone-enabled transactions
The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), which had slashed SMART card price to Rs 10 recently to increase patronage, has proposed to take metro commute to greater technical heights.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-06-28 21:42 GMT
Chennai
Commuters might soon be able to shuttle between metro stations without carrying either a ticket or smart card, courtesy a software which would enable them pay for the commute using smartphones.
A CMRL official told DTNext, “People will not have to bother about carrying cash or even the smart card.
All that they (commuters) need is a smartphone. The money would be deducted from traveller’s e-wallet as soon as they show the smartphone to the electronic reader,” the officer explained.
“A software is under development. It might take a few weeks,” he said. CMRL had recently launched its app, which provides the correct time of metro train arrival and departure and fare structure.
The mobile-enabled software system would be an upgrade on the contactless smart card system being expanded by CMRL after it launched services on the underground stretch from Koyambedu – Nehru Park. Metro has also floated a fresh tender worth Rs 1 crore to procure more contactless smart cards which would help commuters enjoy a 10 per cent discount on fare.
Tickets soon in Tamil
The Railway Board (RB) has approved a proposal to print tickets in all regional languages, along with English and Hindi. Aseervatham Achary, BJP spokesperson and member of passenger amenities committee of RB, said, the board on Wednesday approved the plan and advised (Centre for railway information systems) to upgrade the railway software so that tickets could be printed in 20 regional languages. It would take six months for it to be implemented, Achary said, adding that he had suggested that the proposal be launched in Pongal.
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