Unified ticketing system ‘Mitra’ to soon be launched for all modes of transport in Mumbai

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, held a elaborate treatment with the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis regarding this, its bureau informed connected Saturday. Vaishnaw was successful Mumbai connected Saturday to inspect the advancement of the slug bid project.

During the meeting, Vaishnaw emphasized the value of the Open Network for Digital Commerce successful Commuter Convenience (ONDCC) platform, an innovative inaugural modeled aft NPCI, which volition service arsenic a one-stop municipality mobility outgo gateway. This strategy volition let commuters to acquisition tickets for section trains, BEST buses, Metro rail, and different transport modes done a azygous platform, eliminating the request for aggregate tickets.

Vaishnaw and Fadnavis discussed the roadmap for this initiative, focusing connected collaboration among stakeholders by ensuring seamless integration of Indian Railways, Mumbai Metro (MMRDA), BEST buses (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation), app-based cab services, and state-run transport buses, method improvement by establishing an inter-operable integer ticketing strategy to let single-click payments and multi-modal travel planning, streamlining processes to execute a phased rollout of the unified ticketing strategy astatine the earliest and ensuring easiness of use, efficiency, and reliability for astir 1.2 crore regular commuters successful the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

The unified ticketing strategy app ‘Mitra’ aspires to alteration the existent fragmented mobility scenery successful Mumbai by enabling users to question crossed each modes of transport successful a azygous transaction. Through Mitra, users tin publication each modes of transport, including archetypal and past mile travel, successful 1 app, simplifying and streamlining the full municipality mobility acquisition for Mumbaikars. This inaugural volition besides promote the usage of nationalist transport, trim dependence connected backstage vehicles, and lend to a sustainable municipality transport ecosystem.