Travellers in Delhi using State Transport can now buy up to three tickets for a journey and female passenger can buy pink ticket for each journey by using e-ticket app in cluster buses.
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday reviewed the phase-2 trials of contactless e-ticketing App in cluster buses. The minister along with the officials from the transport department conducted a real time inspection of the App on route 429 and used it to purchase the ticket.
The Delhi Transport Department has started the phase-2 trial of contactless e-ticketing App ‘Chartr’ in its Cluster buses. The trial is being conducted by a special task force constituted for this purpose by the minister which consist of expert members from transport department, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-D), Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMTS), Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and World Resources Institute (WRI).
“The App now supports more new features and has rectified all the shortcomings noticed during the first phase of the trial. The mobile e-ticketing App has been developed with the technical support of IIIT-Delhi. The phase-1 trial of the ‘Chartr’ App was conducted for three days on all cluster buses of route number 473,” he said.
The passengers can take an e-ticket through ‘Chartr’ mobile App after boarding the bus. The App can be downloaded from Google Play store which is now available as a full version. One can also WhatsApp ‘’Hi’’ on 9910096264 to get the App URL.
Following the inspection, the minister said “Now that we have increased testing and is witnessing another spike in cases, an App based contactless ticketing is crucial in minimizing surface contact”
“This is a very simple and smooth process, and I could book my ticket in under a few seconds. I’m extremely happy to note that, within 5 days of starting the trial, 6 per cent of total ticketing on the selected routes are being done through the App now,” he added.
“It is particularly encouraging to see the response from female passengers, who account for more than 75per cent of total tickets issued via this App. We are also starting trials in DTC buses alongside installation of CCTV, GPS, panic buttons in buses. I can assure you that as our Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has mentioned, in another 2 months, Delhi will lead the country’s major cities in a safe, tech enabled public transport system,” he said.