The joint implementation of advanced QR code-integrated ticketing has also been adopted by the NCR Transport Corporation, which runs the Rapid Rail and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. This collaboration will allow passengers to book tickets for both the metro trains in Delhi and the NaMo Bharat trains operating in the Delhi NCR using one booking platform. Further, those buying NaMo Bharat train tickets using the RRTS connect application will also be able to book Delhi Metro tickets with this integration. DMRC metro operating passengers intending to reserve metro tickets on the DMRC mobile application can also now reserve for NaMo Bharat Train Tickets.

The integrated QR-code ticketing system will afford the passengers the ability to make alternate usage of the mobile app of one system or the other or both during their travel. In the beginning of this month, a very similar agreement was made between NCRTC and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC). The IRCTC app now allows passengers to book rapid rail tickets or buy NaMo Bharat tickets up to 120 days in advance with sought-after Indian Railways tickets.

Benefits for Passengers

An official of NCRTC explained, “As far as Rapid Rail stations are concerned, these have been built close or combined with railway and metro stations and bus depots. This will offer travel across various cities without the hassle of relying on multiple ticketing apps, whose functionality is confined to either NCRTC or DMRC. This new feature is likely to lessen the queuing process at the NCRTC as well as DMRC stations encouraging even more rail-based commuting in the delhi-ncr region. Thus; in true within NCR marketing travel centers will get more active.

RRTS-DMRC Connectivity

At present NaMo Bharat train is operating on the Delhi Ghaziabad Meerut Rapid Rail Corridor from Sahibabad in Ghaziabad to Meerut South Station. From Ghaziabad, NaMo Bharat trains transit towards Meerut/Sahibabad, via Modinagar North, Modinagar South, Muradnagar, Duhai Depot, Duhai, Guldhar, Ghaziabad etc, and finally back to Sahibabad station. Users have to pay ₹110 for a standard coach and ₹220 for a premium coach for a one-way trip from Sahibabad to Meerut South.