Kochi Metro ticket-vending machines get UPI ‘update’

KOCHI: To enhance commuter convenience and reduce congestion at ticket counters, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is introducing ticket vending machines with a unified payments interface (UPI) system to facilitate purchase of tickets at all its stations from Monday.

KMRL MD Loknath Behera will launch the facility at a function at JLN metro station at 3pm. “Until now, commuters could purchase tickets from the vending machines using cash only. They will now be able to use any kind of UPI app to buy tickets,” an official said.