Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited (LTMRHL) has awarded the automatic fare collection (AFC) contract to Samsung Data Systems India Pvt Limited.
The value of the contract ranges from Rs 180 crore to Rs 220 crore. The exact value would be worked out after the company completes designing of the metro stations.
Samsung Data Systems India, a subsidiary of Samsung SDS, Korea, would design, manufacture, supply, install and commission the AFC system. Jae Hyung Yeom, director sales, Samsung SDS, said that they were committed to bring world-class AFC technology to Hyderabad. The company has implemented similar projects in Beijing, Daejon, Delhi, Bangalore and Jaipur.
The system will be based on contactless smart card technology. A passenger can use the same smart card for various modes of transport such as train, bus, aeroplane, parking, shopping at metro stations, filling at petrol bunks and other services.
Payment can be made through cash or debit/credit card and one can top-up or add value in smart cards through different modes like website, bank auto-top, ATM and mobile banking.
The near field communication technology used in the system would enable passengers to use their mobile phones as a medium. “This will be in addition to automation gates and high performance vending machines. All these are to avoid long queues at stations,” NVS Reddy, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR), said. He said that the integrated smart card will have 16 fields which would enable passengers to use the same card for various purposes.
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