The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed how we go about our lives nowadays. It has also altered how businesses operate, taking precautions to curb the spread and stick to delivering goods. The Indian Railways has gone back and forth in restarting travel over the past couple of months. And now, it is taking cues from the advanced air travel system to introduce a contactless ticketing system at railway stations.
In an official statement, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav revealed that more than 85 percent of train tickets are currently booked online. It’s easy to add a QR code to these tickets but what about offline tickets? Will offline platform tickets also have QR codes? Answer to these questions can be found right here.
How does the Contactless Ticketing System Work?
The next obvious question is – when and where could you experience this contactless ticketing system?
The Railway Board Chairman also added that the IRCTC website will be revamped to further simplify the ticking booking process. It will provide a personalized experience, complete with hotel and meal booking in tow. Other initiatives include the digitization of monitoring assets, including tracks, signaling, OHE, and satellite-tracking of trains in partnership with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) in real-time.
