PR Introduces Modern Technology To Facilitate Passengers
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published March 18, 2018 | 06:55 PM
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Mar, 2018 ) :The Pakistan Railways has introduced the latest digitalized technology in trains and railway stations to facilitate passengers during the current tenure of the PML-N government.
PR sources informed APP on Sunday, the department was setting up WiFi hotspots at all divisional level railway stations and in all passenger trains as hotspots will provide fast internet connectivity to passengers free of cost.
The introduction of WiFi in trains and railway stations was underway and many trains had been equipped with the Wifi facility, the sources said. The PR has taken several steps, including online ticketing, setting up of high-tech web gadgetry and tele-conferencing facility, at all divisional level railway stations.
A couple of years ago, the Pakistan Railways had started WiFi facility to one of its business-class trains and now the same service had been working in Green Line Train. E-Ticketing facility was successfully working with the help of private partners and now passengers were able to use credit or debit cards, Jazz, Easy paisa and the UBL Omni mobile banking application for booking their ticket.
The PR sends an SMS e-ticket containing ticket number, train date and time, coach and seat numbers besides passenger's national identity card number. The sources said that more facilities would also be introduced for passengers which would be chalked out one by one in future. APP/msk/zhr
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