India News | Kolkata Metro Railway to Issue Multiple Paper-based QR Tickets in Single Transaction
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Commuters will be able to purchase multiple paper-based tickets with QR codes in a single transaction by Kolkata Metro Railway from February 28 in all lines except one, the authorities said on Thursday.
Kolkata, Feb 27 (PTI) Commuters will be able to purchase multiple paper-based tickets with QR codes in a single transaction by Kolkata Metro Railway from February 28 in all lines except one, the authorities said on Thursday.
At present, only one paper-based QR ticket can be purchased at a time by anyone in a single transaction.
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The move will help in reducing the queue length and waiting time for ticketing at the counters.
From February 28, up to seven paper-based QR tickets can be purchased in a single transaction on behalf of a commuter, the Metro Railway said in a statement.
This service will be available on all lines except the Purple Line (Joka-Majerhat).
Currently, train services are run in the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-New Garia), Orange Line (New Garia-Ruby Crossing), Green Line (Howrah Maidan-Esplanade) and Purple Line corridors of Metro Railway, Kolkata.
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