Soon, local trains to have paperless tickets

The application has been developed by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) and allows a passenger to book a ticket through the mobile phone and then print it out on the automated ticket vending machines or ATVMs at the originating station.

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Every passenger who avails the facility has to maintain a Railway Wallet (R-Wallet) with the Railways for payment.

Last week, the Railway Minister reviewed the ongoing trial in Chennai where commuters need not take a printout of the tickets.

“After launching the UTS mobile ticketing application, the commuter had to still take a physical copy (print out ) from any ATVM. It was noticed that the application, although very useful, was failing in getting connected to commuters. In the last week, we took a review in Chennai on the current trials wherein a physical copy is not required. In fact, it is easier for both the commuters as well as for the ticket checkers,” said Prabhu.

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