Mumbaikars can now scan phones at stations to print tickets for local passengers

Tickets booked on the UTS app can be printed at the kiosks by simply showing the SMS received via the app

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NEW DELHI: Western Railway has introduced state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) kiosks at busy stations on the Mumbai suburban network to allow for hassle-free ticketing and reduce queues.

1. #TechnologyOnWR Optical Character Recognition kiosks have been set up at busy stations of WR suburban for the #FirstTimeOnIR for the convenience in ticketing to the commuters & to get them rid of long queues pic.twitter.com/KEmdwPBMJW

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) January 11, 2018

At the designated spot, tickets booked on the UTS app can be printed at the kiosks by simply showing the SMS received via the app.

2. #FirstTimeOnIR Tickets booked on UTS app can now be printed on the state-of-the-art OCR kiosks by just showing the sms for ticket, recd on mobile, to the machine. The machine scans the sms & prints the ticket. Its just that simple ! No need to feed any thing #TechnologyOnWR pic.twitter.com/eM3CmiQRmq — Western Railway (@WesternRly) January 11, 2018

3. #FirstTimeOnIR Tickets booked on UTS app can now be printed on the state-of-the-art OCR kiosks by just scanning sms from UTS App on OCR kioska at Churchgate(1),Dadar[6],Bandra(3),Andheri(5) & Borivali(5). 5 more OCR kiosks at Churchgate are under process.#TechnologyOnWR pic.twitter.com/Mw1FnJ9mPi

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) January 11, 2018

The new facility is aimed at reducing queues at booking counters and ATVM machines.