For busy rail commuters, UPI makes smart cards passé
1 week, 6 days ago

For busy rail commuters, UPI makes smart cards passé

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Smart cards, which comprised a popular mode of ticketing for suburban railway commuters wanting to jump long queues, are seeing a drop in usage, according to data from Western Railways and Central Railways. Although commuters continue to purchase tickets through automatic ticket vending machines, where smart cards are used, they prefer to pay via UPI by scanning the QR code, said railway officials. In fact, most of buyers of new smart cards are retired railway officials who work as ‘sahayaks’ or facilitators, helping commuters purchase tickets through ATVMs, they added. “Though ATVMs remain popular, we have found that sales of smart cards are sliding and many commuters are returning these cards at ticket windows as they are now paying for tickets via UPI, by scanning the QR code displayed on the ATVM machines,” said a railway official. “The habit of using UPI has caught on after the Covid-19 pandemic and commuters now prefer to scan QR codes on ATVMs rather than tapping smart cards,” said the official quoted earlier.

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8 years, 4 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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