Electronic Ticket Machine

The introduction of the high standard Low Floor Busses, by the, Delhi Transport Corporation in India was a great leap in the history on Indian Public Transportation. With this introduction the government is also introducing Electronic Ticket Machines on the buses. The ticket machines would end the use of the hefty bunches of ticket racks carried by the conductors. It would also end the practice of tearing out tickets and marking fare stages.Instead, the conductor would just have to key in the details about the fare stage and the ticket machine would print out the ticket. The machine weighs only 800 grams and is convenient to carry. The parameters are almost like that of a railway ticket, the only difference being that the machine is portable.The machine can print over 2,300 tickets, including the journey report in order to facilitate inspection by the corporation's checking inspectors. Each machine costs around Rs.10,000 to Rs.12,000. The DTC has budgeted over Rs.2 cores (Rs. 20,000,000) for this innovative step which would have the support of the Information Technology Department.