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Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) introduced mobile QR-based Periodical Travel Passes for 1-day, 3-day, and 5-day unlimited question effectual from January 15.
These unlimited question passes were disposable lone arsenic Contactless Smart Cards (CSC) with a 50 refundable information deposit. QR-based passes person been introduced arsenic portion of its ongoing efforts to heighten commuter convenience and beforehand integer ticketing, BMRCL said.
With the motorboat of mobile QR passes, passengers tin present bask unlimited question without immoderate information deposit, arsenic they are issued digitally connected mobile phones.
Key features
There is nary information deposit for these passes. Digital passes destruct the ₹50 deposit required for astute cards.
“These passes are casual to purchase. They tin beryllium purchased done the Namma Metro Official app. “On different mobile applications, this installation volition beryllium made disposable shortly,” BMRCL said.
Commuters tin scan the QR codification displayed connected their mobile phones astatine Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) gates for introduction and exit.
“BMRCL encourages commuters to displacement to mobile QR-based passes to prevention time, debar queues for paper issuance and refunds, and acquisition a much seamless question journey. This inaugural is different important measurement towards our imaginativeness of a afloat integer and commuter-friendly metro system,” BMRCL said.
