Rajdhani, Shatabdi trains to have paperless ticketing system

News

• Stepping up efforts to reduce usage of paper, Railways has decided to introduce paperless mobile ticketing system in premium trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi services.
• Currently, the paperless ticketing system is operational in unreserved ticketing for commuters in Egmore and Tambram suburban section in Chennai on a pilot basis.
• Passengers of the premier trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi will be the first to have this paperless mobile ticketing facility.

Benefit

• Railways consume about 600 tonnes paper for printing tickets and reservation charts in a year. The national transporter expect to earn carbon credit, if printing of tickets is eliminated completely.

Source ET