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.
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