MTC introduces smart travel card for cashless ticketing in buses, metro rail
The Hindu
MTC introduces Singara Chennai Travel Card for seamless public transport ticket purchase nationwide, launched by Tamil Nadu Minister.
The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has introduced the Singara Chennai Travel Card for seamless and cashless purchase of tickets in public transport facilities. The card envisioned under the national common ticketing system could be used for travelling in buses and metro trains throughout the country.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Transport S.S. Sivasankar launched the mobility card on Monday (January 6, 2025). MTC Managing Director Alby John Varghese said commuters could purchase the Singara Chennai Travel Card from the important bus termini in Chennai city, using their mobile phones. The commuters could purchase tickets by swiping in the electronic ticketing machines used for issuing tickets in MTC buses.
In the first phase of this project, 50,000 cards will be issued free of cost by the State Bank of India with the cards to be available at the bus stations including Koyambedu, Broadway, Central Railway Station, Tambaram, Poonamallee, Thiruvanmiyur, Red Hills, Velachery, Guindy, Avadi, T. Nagar, Ambattur, Ambattur OT, Adyar, Iyyappanthangal, Kilambakkam, Vadapalani, Sriperumbudur, Perambur, and Saidapet.
The card could be recharged through online, mobile applications and authorized MTC ticket sales centers.
S. Natarajan, Joint Managing Director of MTC also participated in the event.
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