• This means commuters will be able to buy their bus tickets and use the same card to travel on the Delhi Metro
The Delhi government will soon launch a new mobility card for commuters that will allow them to pay fares electronically on both buses and metro. The Delhi Transport Department on Sunday issued a notice inviting e-tender for this.
This means that commuters will be able to buy their bus tickets and use the same card to travel on the Delhi Metro. More and more transit options will be added in the coming years to make travel more convenient.
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said in a statement, "We wanted to completely move away from the existing manual ticketing where origin and destination are not being captured at all. Enabling a system for Delhi commuters Who also wants to know what's next.Tracking of buses at bus stops as well as to know their exact waiting time if the bus is 100% full or partially loaded.
These cards are part of the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) which enables commuters from any part of the country to use their NCMC-compliant RuPay debit card for seamless travel.
The first NCMC services on the Airport Express Line on the Delhi Metro were launched in 2020 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
To introduce this new system of ticketing, the concessionaire will first have to install Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETMs) in public buses of Delhi. At present there is no ETM in DTC buses. These devices were used in about 2,000 cluster buses till September 2022, but are either defunct or need to be upgraded.
The tender floated by the Transport Department involves supply and commissioning of Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETMs) for 7,500 buses in Phase 1. Apart from this, it also includes provision of smart card or NCMC card for purchasing tickets instead of cash payment.
The digital ticket will make it easier for the government to maintain a record of each journey and help rationally deploy buses on more than 500 bus routes. It is also part of the route rationalization study carried out by the Transport Department, whose pilot phase is underway since October last year.
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