Central Rly introduces 'Go Mumbai' pre-paid smart cards
Mumbai, Apr 24 (UNI) The Central Railway (CR), in association with Kaizen Automation Private Ltd, today introduced a smart card, 'Go Mumbai', with a view to reduce the burden on train commuters.
The card is a 'pre-paid card', which will have a re-loaded specific amount and the commuter has to flash the card at the start and end of the journey on the validation machines placed by the company at the stations, which will deduct the amount from the card.
The ticket examiners will have a device to check the validity and the class of travel, which will make the travel in its suburban locals easier.
While
launching
the
card,
CR
general
manager
Sowmya
Raghavan
said
''The
railways
has
many
plans
to
improve
the
travel
of
the
commuters
in
local
trains
and
this
is
one
of
the
steps
in
that
direction.
We
will
introduce
the
remaining
schemes
in
the
near
future.''
She
added,
''The
railways
will
use
information
technology
to
reduce
the
woes
of
the
travellers
and
it
will
not
be
long,
when
booking
tickets
through
mobile
phones
or
counters
in
their
neighbourhood
or
automatic
ticket
vending
machines
(ATVMs)
at
stations
can
be
done.''
Kaizen
Automation
managing
director
Prakash
Kamat
said,
''We
have
placed
the
machines
at
many
places
in
the
railway
stations,
which
can
be
used
by
the
commuters
and
will
soon
increase
the
number
with
the
increase
in
usage.''
CR
chief
commercial
manager
Partha
Sengupta
said,
''The
'Go
Mumbai
smart
card'
can
be
used
on
the
suburban
section
of
the
Central
and
Harbour
lines.
It
will
soon
be
started
on
the
Western
line
and
BEST
routes.
The
traveller
will
have
to
pay
a
nominal
fee
of
Rs
five
per
month
to
use
the
card.''
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