Swipe your card to buy tickets at Airport Metro Express

Sep 22, 2011 |

New Delhi

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From Friday, swipe your card instead of handing over cash to buy tickets and monthly passes on the Airport Metro Express.

The Reliance Infra-led consortium, which runs the high-speed Metro corridor, has installed debit and credit card machines at all metro stations.

Ticket counters will accept VISA, MASTER and MAESTRO debit and credit cards of any bank to buy travel tokens and top-up their travel cards, a spokesman said.

"Reliance Airport Metro Express constantly works towards the comfort and convenience of commuters. Introduction of debit/credit card machines at the stations is a step in this direction," Anil P Gupta, president, Reliance Infrastructure, said.

While the minimum transaction amount is Rs 100, the maximum is Rs 1000 per card. "Going forward the ticket booking service will be available online and commuters would be able to top up his travel card with the use of debit/credit card, whenever and wherever they want," Gupta said.

The Airport Metro, which takes passengers from the city to Airport in 18 minutes, currently has a ridership of 16,000 a day.

The screens are installed at Chandni Chowk, Chawri Bazar, New Delhi, Patel Chowk and Central Secretariat stations on the Gurgaon Line, which sees a footfall of over 7 lakh a day.

Delhi Metro has selected issues like men getting into womens' coaches, smart card, spitting on tracks, use of emergency alarm buttons, suspicious articles and helpline numbers to create awareness among the commuters.

"Men getting into women's coach is a problem. So that has been included as one of the topic on films. The film will communicate effectively why men should not enter into the coaches reserved for women," the spokesman said.

Other issues would also be explained in the same manner, he said. Delhi Metro currently has a ridership of over 20 lakh a day and it is expected to reach 40 lakh by 2016 when its Phase-III project connecting another 103 km of the national capital becomes operational.

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