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Bangalore: Very soon Indian nationals will have to carry a chip based 'Smart Card' to travel by any mode of transportation including the railways. The government of India is looking forward to work on the project of universal ticketing system after the universal identification development (UID) project.
A government official on the conditions of anonymity said that although the project is at a very preliminary stage, government is quite serious about the project and it is set to commission a feasibility study shortly in three months or so reports mydigitalfc.com
Thales is the first company to provide universal ticketing to cover all public transport systems nation-wide including railways in Netherlands, though there are several global players like Siemens, General Electric into military equipment and transportation solutions.
"We have heard of such a development and there is a thinking on those lines in government," Thales India managing director and country director Eric Lenseigne told Financial Chronicle.
This meant with just one charge card, a person could travel by metro to railway station in Delhi, travel by Indian railways to Mumbai and then local suburban train and bus to reach home in Mumbai.
The same card could be utilised for inter-city and intra-city bus travel anywhere in the country. Lenseigne said it is technically possible to have one card for both UID and the smart card for nation-wide travel but it would be better to separate the two, as functions are different.
With metros and monorails planned across length and breadth of the country in 22 cities, companies like Thales see India as a huge opportunity for signalling and other transportation systems despite stiff competition from several global players like Siemens, General Electric, Alstom and Bombardier reports KR Sudhaman.
A government official on the conditions of anonymity said that although the project is at a very preliminary stage, government is quite serious about the project and it is set to commission a feasibility study shortly in three months or so reports mydigitalfc.com
Thales is the first company to provide universal ticketing to cover all public transport systems nation-wide including railways in Netherlands, though there are several global players like Siemens, General Electric into military equipment and transportation solutions.
"We have heard of such a development and there is a thinking on those lines in government," Thales India managing director and country director Eric Lenseigne told Financial Chronicle.
This meant with just one charge card, a person could travel by metro to railway station in Delhi, travel by Indian railways to Mumbai and then local suburban train and bus to reach home in Mumbai.
The same card could be utilised for inter-city and intra-city bus travel anywhere in the country. Lenseigne said it is technically possible to have one card for both UID and the smart card for nation-wide travel but it would be better to separate the two, as functions are different.
With metros and monorails planned across length and breadth of the country in 22 cities, companies like Thales see India as a huge opportunity for signalling and other transportation systems despite stiff competition from several global players like Siemens, General Electric, Alstom and Bombardier reports KR Sudhaman.
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