Metro Rail News | Biometric Smart-Cards to aid fare concession in Metro

Oct 21,2019

Housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri had recently said that DMRC has found a technology-based solution to provide concession in fares to students and senior citizens. The quantum of concession, however, has to be decided by the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC). The committee is constituted by the Centre to revise Delhi Metro fare.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has zeroed in on a ‘technological solution’ that would allow it to provide fare concession to students and senior citizens.

Housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri had recently said that DMRC has found a technology-based solution to provide concession in fares to students and senior citizens. The quantum of concession, however, has to be decided by the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC). The committee is constituted by the Centre to revise Delhi Metro fare.

Managing Director of DMRC Mangu singh said, “We have found the technological solution that is required and it is ready. However, it would take some time for the physical installation of the system, “When the solution is implemented, Delhi Metro travel smart card will not remain transferable. The card will then be linked with the individual user, which is likely to be done through a biometric system.

MD Mangu singh said that DMRC is ready to start work on the technological intervention as soon as a decision is taken. “The moment it is decided that there has to be a system where you have to identify some beneficiaries, we would be ready,” Singh added that the decision would have to go through the FFC first.

Following the steep hike in metro fares in 2017, Puri had in 2018 asked DMRC to introduce a technology-based solution to ensure fare concessions for students and senior citizens.

To support biometric-based smart cards, DMRC will install a biometric-based ticketing system, which will be integrated with the existing automatic fare collection (AFC) gates at metro stations. DMRC plans to install devices that will not only have biometric readers but also smart card readers. These devices would also act as registration devices where the passenger’s information and biometric details would be scanned and registered.
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The devices would have biometric scanners for capturing the passenger’s biometric information.

DMRC official said “The biometric AFC gate system will help in developing multiple benefits for both passengers as well as the system for passenger identification, profiling, concession etc.