| New-age coupon validating machines to check malpractices - The Times of India by railgenie on 17 July, 2012 - 08:18 AM | ||
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 railgenie | New-age coupon validating machines to check malpractices - The Times of India on 17 July, 2012 - 08:18 AM | |
MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) is planning to instal microprocessor-based digital coupon validating machines (CVM) to curb fraud. As the CVM is not linked to Unreserved Ticketing System, fraud is rampant in this mode of ticket system.The railway board had set a deadline of March 31, 2013, to phase out CVMs. But both the Central and Western Railway have opposed the idea as CVMs are extremely popular among commuters.In the new system, the CVMs will be linked to servers and only bar-coded coupons can be punched at these machines. A senior official said, "Every bar coded coupon punched will get registered in the system through servers."Meanwhile, Sharat Chandrayan, chief public relations officer, WR, said, "We are planning to procure 490 more ATVMs for suburban stations." | ||