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Austrian company to supply Bengaluru Metro with AFC

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Austrian comapny NXP been awarded a contract  an order to manage the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) of the newly opened Bengaluru Metro in the Indian city formally known as Bangalore.

The system, also known as the Namma Metro, is the third metro to be opened in India after the Kolkata and the Delhi Metros.

It started operations on the 7.5km stretch of the eastern line between Byappanahalli and M.G. Road, covering six stations on October 2011 and after completion, it will have 41 stations catering to more than one million commuters daily.

This is the third major MIFARE DESFire EV1 transport installation in India.

The company is already serving Delhi Metro and its technology is being used by Centre for Railway Information Systems, subsidiary of the Ministry of Railways, to bring AFC to railways across India.

The aim of the project is to significantly reduce journey time for the city’s residents and visitors, relieve congestion on roads and in the bus network, and reduce the associated levels of pollution.

“We want to offer our passengers a unique experience and we’re working with our partners to create new services which really add value for our passengers. In this connection, we are working with the State Bank of India to popularize India’s first joint banking debit cum transit card, and with telecom companies to enable giving easy recharging options and also pay-as-you-go services for the travel cards,” said Mr. A S Shankar, BMRCL’s Chief Engineer (Signalling and Telecommunication).

This AFC will help improve the overall passenger experience while also helping to drive operational efficiencies, enabling convenient and secure recognition of over 18 million passengers every year.

Namma Metro will be a fully contactless system, offering a number of flexible fare structures including trip tickets and stored value tickets and day tickets.

It aims to significantly reduce journey times for the city’s residents and visitors, relieve congestion on roads and bus network and reduce the associated levels of pollution.

1 COMMENT

  1. AFC system is mentioned by the report. AFC can help the rail system to be more efficient, convenient, and safety. Now, with the technology development, AFC system can do more:

    For example, the smart card(ticket) can be integrated into credit & debit cards and cell phones so customers don’t have to top them up manually. As the computers behind the get faster and the
    old technology fades into obscurity, the new generation of machines and cards are likely to include NFC (near field communication) and RFID (radio frequency identification) chips so that users don’t have to actually find the card in their wallet, purse or pocket before going through the gates.

    Sounds really cool!

    Reference Source: http://www.advantech.com/intelligent-transportation/Industry%20Focus/29086E55-9D96-4D3E-8B06-667E3F0C9C25/

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