POS machines at 70 suburban stations in Chennai
Posted on: 30/Dec/2016 11:27:08 AM
With effect from 1st January 2017, Ministry of Railways has provided a discount of 0.5% for season tickets being purchased through POS machines over suburban sections. This will be beneficial to the passengers who purchase quarterly, half yearly and annual season tickets. POS machines have been provided at all the 70 suburban stations for the convenience of Public.
As directed by the Ministry of Railways, Southern Railway has installed additional PoS (Point of Sales) machines in 22 of its Passenger Reservation Centres spread over Tamil Nadu and Kerala. These 22 centres which have the highest number of PRS transactions, now offer the facility of cashless payment while purchasing reservation tickets.
28 machines were already in use at 22 locations. Now, additionally, 40 more machines have been added to these 22 locations. Apart from these 22 locations, All 70 suburban stations in Chennai Suburban system have been provided with POS machines. This makes it 138 machines in 92 stations in Southern Railway.
Within a week of installation of PoS machines, the cashless transactions have increased from 0.5% to 4.6%. And in the suburban sector, 6.2% of the seasons ticket passengers have switched to cashless transactions. The Railway plans to provide more PoS machines at all reservation offices in a phased manner.
