The e-card pilot programme for BRT buses has started in Hanoi on October 10 on the Kim Ma-Yen Nghia route, Dtinews reported.
According to Hanoi Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco), the e-cards will help link the public bus system with other types of public transport in the future.
Passengers can contact employees at bus stations on Kim Ma, Nui Truc, Hoang Dao Thuy streets and Yen Nghia Station for information on how to acquire a card and recharge their accounts. They can also register online to save time.
One-time passengers can buy separate e-tickets and scan the tickets at bus stops. Since the pilot programme is being carried out on one route only, inter-district monthly-pass holders will get a QR code stamp pasted onto their cards to try the programme.
The pilot programme will be implemented from six months to a year. If the results are positive, the model will be implemented on the whole rapid bus system in Hanoi as well as the regular buses and the metro system.
The minimum bus fare is VND7,000 (30 US cents) but the cost for short trips is halved with the e-cards.
Some photos of the day:
Many passengers are trying out the new cards
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