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Much to the alleviation of commuters, Chennai Metro Rail plans to yet unfastened summons counters and ticketing gates successful each the entry/exit points successful Saidapet and Anna Nagar East stations successful November.
In the 54 km signifier I and signifier I hold web with 41 stations, successful immoderate of the underground stations including Kilpauk, Saidapet, Anna Nagar East, Pachaiyappa’s College, and Nehru Park, commuters cannot entree the summons counters and automatic fare postulation gates oregon ticketing gates astatine each the entry/exit points.
As a result, galore commuters who extremity up having a lengthy locomotion from 1 extremity of the presumption to the different to bargain a summons oregon to participate the ticketing gross person been voicing this trouble and person been demanding these facilities for years now.
The Hindu highlighted this contented successful June this year.
According to officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), since determination person been persistent requests from passengers and determination is besides a emergence successful the fig of travellers astatine Saidapet and Anna Nagar East, they are taking measures to unfastened each the summons counters and the ticketing gates successful these 2 stations.
“On an average, lakhs of passengers present question daily. These 2 stations earlier had mediocre ridership, and we would lone get astir 2,000-3,000 passengers a day. Now, we are seeing a spike successful patronage and these 2 stations person a footfall of astir 7,000-8,000 each day. Hence, we decided to recommission the ticketing gates astatine each points and unfastened each the counters,” an authoritative said.
The enactment has already begun to reopen the gates. The baggage-scanning machines excessively person arrived already, officials said. “We are besides mobilising manpower for the ticketing gates and information personnel; each the enactment volition beryllium completed successful 2 weeks and we program to unfastened gates and counters successful the archetypal week of November,” helium added.
S. Bala, a commuter who often uses the Saidapet presumption said, during the highest hours determination is simply a winding queue to swipe the summons and exit the station. “It would truly assistance to unfastened the counters connected the different extremity of the presumption arsenic well. It makes for a lengthy locomotion to participate the station. Also, with further ticketing gates the congestion successful the highest hours volition travel down,” helium added.
But determination was nary program yet to instrumentality these measures successful the different underground stations yet. Officials said, erstwhile the footfall goes up, they are apt to bash it.
