Noida: Aiming to enhance passenger convenience, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), on Thursday, introduced the option of payment by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) at ticket counters across all 21 stations of aqualine that connects Noida-Greater Noida.
The facility was launched by Managing Director, NMRC, Dr Lokesh M from Sector-51 Metro station of Aqua Line in Noida. The move is aimed to promote Digital India programme which is a flagship programme of the Government of India.
“The current QR ticket purchase system has payments through either cash or credit/debit card. The new payment option has been enabled in the TOM interface at Ticket Counters. Now, users can make payment through UPI (Unified Payments Interface),” said MD NMRC Dr Lokesh M.
“The new facility of extending payments of single journey tickets by means of UPI at Ticket counters will definitely add to passenger convenience and faster processing of tickets at counters leading to less waiting time and no requirement of cash change as the exact ticket amount can be paid through UPI,” the MD added.
Detailing the new facility, a senior NMRC officer said, the fare collection from cash and Credit/Debit Card (Using POS) remains the same as earlier. In the UPI mode of payment, the QR code with relevant fare details shall get displayed to the passenger on the display of ticket counters through which payment can be made, the officer said.