Indian Railways: To take a ticket through this, passengers will have to first get a smart card from the ticket counter. Once the smart card is taken, it can be recharged anytime. Ticket money is paid through this card only.
Indian Railways: Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) are being installed at the stations by the Railways to provide easy tickets to the passengers. In this connection, in the first phase, 80 card based ATVMs have been installed at 24 major stations of A-1 and A grade of East Central Railway.
Virendra Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway said that through ATVM, railway passengers can travel by buying unreserved tickets at the ticket counter without waiting in line. He told that platform ticket can also be deducted from ATVM.
रेलयात्रियों को सुगमता से टिकट उपलब्ध कराने के लिए पूर्व मध्य रेल द्वारा प्रथम चरण में 24 स्टेशनों पर 80 ऑटोमेटिक टिकट वेंडिंग मशीन (ATVM) के माध्यम से वन-टच टिकटिंग सुविधा प्रारंभ की गई है ।#SmartTicketing pic.twitter.com/I1qmx3Ir2I
— East Central Railway (@ECRlyHJP) April 5, 2022
Recharge will be done through smart card
With this, passengers will first have to take a smart card from the ticket counter to take the ticket. Once the smart card is taken, it can be recharged anytime. Ticket money is paid through this card only. The official said that a total of 21 card based ATVMs have been installed including 6 machines at Patna Junction, Buxar, Ara, Danapur, Rajendranagar, Patliputra stations in Danapur division.
ATVMs installed in Dhanbad division also
Similarly, a total of 10 card based ATVMs have been installed including 4 at Dhanbad station, 3 each at Daltonganj and Koderma stations of Dhanbad division. A total of 14 card based ATVMs have been installed in Deendayal Upadhyay Mandal’s Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Junction and 4-4 at Gaya Junction and 3-3 machines at Dehri On Sone and Sasaram stations.
Similarly, a total of 13 ATVMs including 4 machines have been installed at Muzaffarpur station of Sonpur division, 3 each at Hajipur, Barauni and Khagaria stations. A total of 22 ATVMs including 4 machines have been installed at Darbhanga station of Samastipur division, 4 at Bettiah, Bapudham Motihari, Narkatiaganj, Raxaul, Saharsa and Samastipur stations.
