May 13, 2024: The Kochi Metro Rail Limited has announced its partnership with Google Wallet to enhance digital ticketing options for metro users in the city on May 10, 2024. With this, Kochi Metro became the first metro rail in the country to be available on Google Wallet.
“We are proud to announce a significant milestone in the digitisation of urban transportation with the integration of Google Wallet into our ticketing system. This collaboration represents a leap forward in enhancing the travel experience for our metro users, providing them with a streamlined and convenient way to access tickets and navigate our transit network,” said Loknath Behera, the managing director of KMRL, as cited in media reports. The integration of services is powered by Prudent Technologies.
“We always think about attracting more passengers with the help of technology. We are thinking about how to extend the service to Water Metro as well. The similarity of the situation is such that the wallet can be used in Water Metro as well,” he said.
The event was attended by Ashish Mithal, a representative of Google, Geejo George, founder director, Prudent Technologies and Sanjay Chacko, director of Prudent Technologies.
How to book tickets with Google Wallet?
- Open the Google Wallet application on mobile phone.
- Select KMRL from the option
- Choose the stations
- Complete the payment based on the preferred payment option
- Get the ticket
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