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Thursday, 11 February 2016

08:02

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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Monday, 8 February 2016

10:54

INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING OF CASH-COIN AND SMART CARD OPERATED AUTOMATIC TICKET VENDING MACHINES AT MECHEDA

INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING OF CASH-COIN AND SMART CARD OPERATED AUTOMATIC TICKET VENDING MACHINES AT MECHEDA 

Kolkata, Feb.6, 2016 : 

With a view to provide more facilities to the passengers, two cash-coin and Smart Card operated Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (CoTVM) have been installed and commissioned at Mecheda Station on 2ndFebruary 2016

Cash-coin and Smart Card operated Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (CoTVM) have been introduced in this railway for the first time to facilitate the passengers for purchasing unreserved ticket through cash-coin or Smart Card directly round the clock.
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Sunday, 20 September 2015

11:09

Soon, Insert Coins and Cash Into Machines to Get Train Tickets

Soon, Insert Coins and Cash Into Machines to Get Train Tickets

CHENNAI: Suburban stations in Chennai will soon get Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) where commuters can insert Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins and get tickets within 60 seconds.

This is a part of the Railway Ministry’s plan to reduce the time spent by customers standing in serpentine queues to procure tickets at station counters. This is the second such scheme for commuters in the Chennai suburban train network, after the mobile-ticketing facility was introduced earlier this year.

An official circular from the Railway Board stated that platform and unreserved tickets can be procured from the Cash-Coin and Smart Card operated Ticket Vending Machines (CoTVM), which will be unmanned. Officials of the Madras Division of Southern Railway indicated that the headquarters had been notified and the machines would be in place by next month. “We have zeroed in on a few locations. Initially, there might be a provision for only first-class tickets as we would be trying out the machines on a pilot basis,” said an official.

As per the official procedure, the CoTVM will have slots to accept Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins as well as notes of denomination from Rs 5 to Rs 1,000. Instructions will be displayed on the machine to indicate which notes and coins would be accepted.

The passenger would have to submit the exact ticket fare in notes and coins inside the machine within 60 seconds. In case the entire amount has not been inserted within the stipulated time, the transaction will be cancelled and the amount will be returned.

No additional booking charge will be taken for tickets bought from the CoTVM. The printed ticket will have all the details similar to those obtained from the counter.  Season tickets, platform tickets, second-class tickets for maximum of four passengers and first-class ticket for one passenger can be bought from the CoTVM, said the official circular. The machines would also have a provision for booking tickets using smart cards, which can be procured only from specific railway counters.

The CoTVM is likely to attract the majority of the one million daily commuters, who don’t have access to smartphones and continue to spend at least 10 minutes in the queues at ticket counters during peak hours. “CoTVM corrects one major flaw of the mobile-ticketing system. Season tickets can’t be procured through m-ticketing. They form around 60 per cent of the daily commuters. CoTVM will offer them that facility,” an official stated.

Source: The Indian Express.
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