Delhi Metro Ticket Can be Purchased Via IRCTC

To promote the central government's ‘One India – One Ticket’ initiative, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS) have joined hands. The attempt is a first-of-its-kind Initiative for the seamless travel experience of the main line Railway and Metro Passengers in the Delhi NCR area.

On Wednesday, the "Beta Version" of the Delhi Metro Rail QR Code-based ticket was released, making it possible for main-line Railway passengers to reserve DMRC QR Code Tickets via the IRCTC website and the mobile app for Android.

Sanjay Kumar Jain, CMD, IRCTC and Vikas Kumar, MD, DMRC said, "On the success of the Beta version, the regular version of IRCTC-DMRC QR Code Ticket will be launched soon after."

At the moment, Delhi Metro single-journey tickets are only available for purchase on the day of travel with same-day validity. With this feature, customers can book even Metro tickets up to 120 days in advance, since the DMRC-IRCTC QR code-based tickets would be synced with Indian Railways’ Advance Reservation Period (ARP).

Further, the metro tickets will be valid for a single journey for four days starting from the day before the DMRC journey date, the travel date itself, and two days after the journey date.

The passengers can also book Delhi metro tickets at a later stage via the booking history page. Flexible cancellations have also been ensured. Once the railway passenger purchases the DMRC ticket, one DMRC QR code per passenger will be printed/available in the electronic reservation slip of IRCTC.

The step will save the time of the rail passengers at DMRC stations by avoiding long queues.