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Namma Metro commuters successful Bengaluru tin present acquisition tickets straight done the Uber app. On December 10, the ride-hailing institution launched QR-based ticketing powered by the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
The app supports UPI payments. It besides provides real-time metro information.
The diagnostic has already been adopted successful Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, and Bengaluru is the latest metro metropolis wherever Uber is integrating nationalist transport into its ecosystem. The institution said the determination aligns with its broader extremity of helping users discover, program and wage for their journeys wrong a single, unified app.
Alongside metro ticketing, Uber besides announced its introduction into the B2B logistics abstraction done Uber Direct, a work that operates connected ONDC’s integer infrastructure. The inaugural is portion of Uber’s program to fortify its multi-service level successful India by combining mobility, transportation and integer commerce.
Uber @Uber has partnered with @OfficialBMRCL and ONDC to alteration #BengaluruMetro summons booking straight connected the Uber app. Commuters tin present program rides and acquisition metro tickets successful the app. @THBengaluru@the_hindupic.twitter.com/fRwALexmqS
— Darshan Devaiah B P (@DarshanDevaiahB) December 10, 2025Strengthens first- and last-mile connectivity
BMRCL Managing Director J. Ravishankar welcomed the integration, noting that it fits into Namma Metro’s ‘multi-operator’ attack to integer ticketing. “Uber’s inaugural to integrate Namma Metro ticketing into its level done ONDC makes question much seamless for commuters. Uber’s introduction besides strengthens first- and last-mile connectivity, and expands commuter choice,” helium said.
In a propulsion towards enhancing integer entree and seamless travel, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has enabled QR ticketing done the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), wherever metro tickets volition beryllium disposable via fashionable consumer-facing apps.
Currently, passengers tin publication Namma Metro tickets connected integrated apps specified arsenic EaseMyTrip, Highway Delite, Miles & Kilometres (via Telegram), Namma Yatri, OneTicket, Rapido, Redbus, Tummoc, and Yatri – City Travel Guide. These are successful summation to the existing platforms — the Namma Metro mobile app, the WhatsApp chatbot (8105556677), and the Paytm app.
Bengaluru a ‘playground for innovation’
Calling Bengaluru a ‘playground for innovation’, Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia, said the metropolis was a earthy prime for expanding Uber’s integration with ONDC. “The motorboat of metro ticketing and Uber Direct successful the metropolis helps america bring live our imaginativeness to assistance radical ‘Go anywhere, Get anything’. We are excited to physique that astatine standard with ONDC,” helium said.
Unlike Uber Courier, which is straight booked by app users, Uber Direct functions arsenic a logistics motor for enterprises, and remains invisible to the end-consumer. Orders are placed connected a seller’s website oregon app, and Uber delivers the point without immoderate idiosyncratic enactment until the operator arrives astatine the doorstep. The institution said this makes Uber Direct a “standardised, plug-and-play solution” for businesses looking for reliable and scalable transportation support.
The logistics work went unrecorded successful Bengaluru connected December 10, with Uber fulfilling market deliveries for Zepto and KPN Farm Fresh via ONDC. Within the adjacent 2 weeks, Uber Direct volition statesman handling nutrient transportation for aggregate brands, including KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell and Rebel Foods.
