From today, the Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System is all set to start off the final phase of trial of contactless ticketing method in about 3,000 cluster buses run by DIMTS by means of the ‘Chartr’ app. The trial of the Chartr application is currently underway in all 3,760 quantity of buses run by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), a statement issued by the transport division stated. So far, about 4 lakh tickets have been booked utilizing the app, according to a PTI report. The transport division pointed out that the pink tickets for girls commuters, who travel in public transport buses absolutely free of price, comprise 67% of the total tickets booked by means of the app.
The ticket booking by means of the ‘Chartr’ app is about 10,000 in total on every day basis. The ticket count by means of this app, in the final 10 days, has witnessed about 10% raise on a every day basis, it stated. Since its trial started, the app has noticed a progressive raise in the quantity of customers and more than two lakh persons have downloaded the app due to the fact its release. Keeping in view the increasing quantity of coronavirus circumstances, the ‘Chartr’ application was introduced in the month of August 2020. The trial throughout one month period would cover all the routes of DIMTS buses. The trial of this app, in the final week of February, was extended to all 3,760 DTC buses till 31 March 2021.
According to the report, the Chartr app has been created with the technical assistance of the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi). In August final year, e-ticketing in DIMTS was began on route quantity 473. Thereafter, the total quantity of buses elevated to 550 in a phased manner. In the month of September final year, the trial of this app was began in DTC on route 534 in Ghazipur and Hasanpur depots. The app trial was began in a total of 35 buses from each depots.
After boarding the bus, passengers can take an e-ticket by means of the app. A user of the app can also see all stoppages of a bus as effectively as the anticipated time of arrivals (ETA) at a bus stand for the next half hour. Through the app, a particular person can purchase up to 3 tickets for a journey. The mobile app suggests pink ticket automatically for female travellers based on the gender entered by the particular person. A female commuter can obtain one pink ticket for every single journey. In the coming days, more functions such as the selection to purchase a month-to-month pass, postpaid ticketing, pre-booking are also most likely to be integrated in the app, it added.