Indian Railways launches app for contactless ticket checking at Mumbai station

In a bid to contain spre of Coronavirus,  Central Railway Mumbai Division launched an App called 'Check-In Master' for contactless ticket checking at  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, public relations department of  Central Railway said.

app will help checking staff to perform duties without any fear, as app has OCR and QR code scanning features to check PRS and UTS tickets from a safe distance. Hand-held rmal guns were also provided for rmal screening of passengers.

ditionally, Flap-based gates would be installed at entry/exit with automatic QR-code-based ticket checking. This would be done in next phase, to be implemented soon. check-in Master App would be used for attendance and real-time monitoring of ticket-checking staff as well.

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In a statement,  Railway ministry said, "This is first initiative of private investment for running Passenger Trains over Indian Railway Network. 

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(ANI Inputs)