IRCTC, DMRC and CRIS join hands for QR ticketing under `One India - One Ticket’ initiative; check details

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS) have partnered to promote ‘One India – One Ticket’ initiative of the Government of India.

Today (10 July), the Beta version of Delhi Metro Rail QR code–based ticket has been launched, according to a DMRC press releases.

This will enable main line railway passengers to book DMRC QR code tickets on IRCTC website and Android version of Mobile App. 

On the occasion Sanjay Kumar Jain, CMD, IRCTC and Vikas Kumar, MD, DMRC said, "On success of the Beta Version, the regular version of IRCTC-DMRC QR Code Ticket will be launched soon after."

This will be first of its seamless travel experiences of the main line railway and metro passengers in Delhi NCR area.

Delhi Metro QR ticket

Currently, Delhi Metro single journey tickets may only be ordered on the day of travel and are valid for the same day. With this feature, DMRC-IRCTC QR code-based tickets will be synced with Indian Railways' Advance Reservation Period (ARP), allowing customers to buy Metro tickets up to 120 days in advance. Furthermore, Metro tickets will be valid for a single journey for four days, beginning the day before the DMRC journey date, continuing through the travel day, and ending two days later.

Once the DMRC ticket is purchased by the railway passenger, one DMRC QR code per passenger will be printed/available in the Electronic Reservation Slip of IRCTC.

The novel step will save the valuable time of the rail passengers at DMRC stations by avoiding long queues while purchasing DMRC tickets.