BENGALURU (Metro Rail News): Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is planning to introduce face recognition technology to replace smart cards, passes and tokens at the automatic fare collection (AFC) gates of the Namma Metro stations.
For this purpose, BMRCL has partnered with Google and is in the process of introducing monthly passes by using artificial intelligence to scan faces.
Anjum Parwez, Managing Director, BMRCL, said that passengers will soon be able to walk through the AFC gates which will automatically open after using the AI facial recognition tool.
The BMRCL on Tuesday, 17 May signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google. Parwez told the reporters that Google will provide real-time train movements on their Google Maps based on data provided by the rail corporation which will help commuters in knowing where a train is regardless of their location.