Common mobility card to provide QR code-enabled payment

The national common mobility card (NCMC), set to replace the existing metro smart card in the next two years, will also bring in the QR code-enabled automatic fare collection (AFC) system, which will allow payments through a smartphone.

Officials at the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have installed AFC gates at the Baiyappanahalli and Mysore Road metro stations, but said the present tests will be internal in the beginning.

BMRCL chief public relations officer B L Yashvant Chavan said the new AFCs will have the option of paying the fares by scanning the QR code. “We are running tests on the new AFC system that will support NCMC as well as QR code payments.