COIN OPERATED TICKET VENDING MACHINE-HELP GUIDE

COIN OPERATED TICKET VENDING MACHINE-HELP GUIDE

Cash/Smart Card operated Ticket Vending Machine (CoTVM)

Cash/Smart Card operated Ticket Vending machine (CoTVM) is an unmanned self-operated kiosk which

can be used by passengers themselves to buy unreserved tickets through Currency/Coins as well as

smart cards. These kiosks have easy graphical interface for ticket transaction so that the user can

operate these machines. The kiosk accepts currency/coin of all denominations of Rs 5 and above. The

machine does not accept soiled/cut/ glued/taped/colored notes and accepts currency notes of Gandhi

series. CoTVMs will reduce queue length at existing ticket counters by providing an alternate unmannedticketing solution and mode of payment.

 CoTVMs have the following functionalities:-

1) Issue of non-concessional second class journey tickets for non-suburban section and second/first

class journey/return tickets for suburban section.

2) Issue of Platform Tickets

3) Renewal of non-concessional season tickets.

4) Recharge of smart cards in denominations of Rs. 20/-, Rs. 50/-, Rs. 100/- and Rs. 500/-.

CoTVM consists of:

1) Thin Client

2) Thermal Printer

3) Touch screen

4) RFID reader

5) Cash Validator with 15 notes escrow

6) Coin Validator with 10 coins escrow

7) The cash box has the capacity to hold 25,000 notes and 3,000 coins.

The basic difference between Automatic Ticket Vending Machine installed upto now and newly

introduced CoTVM is that ATVM can issue tickets through smart cards while CoTVM can issue tickets

using Cash (notes & coins) and smart cards. It can also be used for recharging these smart cards.

Security

The machine has two access doors, both at the front side of the machine and is equipped with

mechanical & electronic locks. One door is used for maintenance activity by the service engineer. The

second door is for accessing the cash box and is integrated with an alarm system. The alarm will go off

whenever the door is opened by any unauthorized person. The machine has a cash box with electro

mechanical lock at the bottom. Whenever the authorized supervisor wants to open the cash box to

takeout shift cash, he/she will gain access to the machine by using a supervisory smart card. On keeping

this smart card on the reader slot and pressing the Indian Railway logo on top right side of the screen,

the supervisor's menu will appear on the screen. After entering the password, machine will print the

Daily Trains Cash -cum-Summary Book (DTC) for accountal of the collected cash. 

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