CHENNAI: By mid-2022, people walking into a metro station could simply tap their debit or credit cards to board a train. Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will soon launch account based ticketing, where commuters can use their own credit or debit cards on the automatic fare collection (AFC) gates on the concourse level. The ticket fare will get deducted from the card.
In an account based ticketing, an official said, commuters must tap their debit or credit card on the reader at the AFC gate for it to open. At the end of the journey, they must tap again to exit the station. The machine installed in the AFC gate calculates the distance travelled by the passenger and the fare is deducted.
