CAMPS TO FACILITATE COMMUTERS FOR RECHARGING SMART CARDS ONLINE AND PROMOTE UPI PAYMENT-BASED TICKETING SYSTEM
Kolkata, Date:28.12.2024
Metro Railway authorities have introduced different modern digital payment modes for the benefit of the commuters. In order to make these digital payment modes familiar to commuters Metro staff have been regularly organising camps at different stations. Commuters have also responded positively and accepted such initiatives. This new digital system has given them the opportunity as well as the flexibility to purchase tickets from the comforts of home and tender fares online without carrying the necessary changes. As a consequence, the ‘Metro Ride Kolkata’ app, which was introduced to enable commuters to use the online ticketing system, has been gaining popularity. Special promotional films (on how to download and use this commuter-friendly app) are also being shown on platform televisions of Blue Line and Green Line Metro stations. Social Media platforms are also being used to popularize this app.
Special camps were organised today 28.12.2024 by Metro staff at all stations of Blue Line, Green Line-1, and Green Line-2 to make Metro users aware of this app and how to use it. Metro staff also helped the commuters purchase tokens and recharge/buy their Smart Cards through ASCRM machines with the help of the UPI Payment-Based Ticketing System. Metro commuters are eager to shift to digital systems and adopt smart ways to purchase tokens, Smart Cards, and recharge they participated in these camps as such camps have been beneficial for them. They were visibly happy as Metro staff helped them to download the app and explained to them the procedures to use it.
It is expected that such camps will help Metro commuters to get acquainted with this user-friendly app and UPI Payment Based Ticketing System. It is helping Metro commuters to save valuable time as they don’t need to stand in long queues in front of the booking counters to re-charge or purchase their Smart Cards or purchase tickets.
