Mumbai, Jan 11 (PTI) For quick and easy printing oftickets booked by suburban train commuters through mobile app,the Railways has installed 44 Optical Character Recognition(OCR) kiosk machines at different stations in Mumbai,officials said today.
While the CR has installed 24 OCR kiosks, the WR hasput in place 20 such kiosks at different stations, they said.
"With a view to reduce the queues at the bookingcounters and ATVMs (Automatic Ticket Vending Machines) and toprovide an alternative to get the suburban train tickets, theCentral Railway as well as the Western Railway have installed44 OCR kiosks at different suburban stations in Mumbai," asenior railway official said.
According to chief public relations officer of CentralRailway, Sunil Udasi, this is an enhanced feature of mobileticketing, which will facilitate the passengers to printtickets through 24 OCR kiosks at suburban stations.
"This facility will help commuters save time and gettickets on the move easily avoiding queue at stations," headded.
"The CR has installed four OCR kiosks at ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Terminus and five each at Ghatkopar, Thane,Dombivli and Kalyan stations," Udasi said.
The WR has installed one OCR at Churchgate, six atDadar, three at Bandra, five each at Andheri and Borivalistations and process to install another five such points atChurchgate is on.
"These OCRs will facilitate the passengers get theprintout of tickets booked through UTS mobile app and willalso reduce the queues at booking counters/ATVM machines,thereby promoting transactions through UTS mobile app," chiefPRO of WR, Ravinder Bhakar, said.
"Presently, passengers have to feed their mobilenumber and booking ID received on their mobiles, in the ATVMsto get their tickets printed or get it through UTS counter.
This new facility will also reduce the time of printing oftickets as the machine will simply read the SMS and printtickets immediately." PTI APMNP.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.