Paytm bags automated fare collection system contract for Delhi-Meerut RRTS

DELHI (Metro Rail News): National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) has awarded Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line‘s Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system (Package 26B) in March. Paytm will be the financial partner for this RRTS Line. The RRTS will allow QR Code based ticketing (digital QR & paper QR) and EVM (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) open-loop contactless card ticketing based on NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) standards via a contactless bank card, phone or smartcard.

The passengers will have the option to use QR code tickets which can be bought at each station’s ticket vending machines, ticketing booth or generated digitally on NCRTC’s mobile app or website. Business Class riders have to validate twice which means once at the concourse level and the second on the platform level for access to the executive lounge for boarding the trains’ Business Class coach.