Only 3% passengers use cashless payments for rail tickets
After cashless payment was introduced at ticket counters post note ban, only 3% of the total passengers are using credit/debit cards for buying tickets, as per government data. "In unreserved ticketing (94% of total passengers), people prefer paying by cash. At suburban stations, people donât pay through debit/credit card even when POS machines are present," Railway official Mohammad Jamshed said.