Indian Railways installs first ‘Automated Ticket Checking & Managing Access’ machine under NFR scheme

The ATMA machine has been introduced at Nagpur station under the NINFRIS policy offering direct engagement with passengers

Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone has first time installed a newly innovated Automated Ticket Checking & Managing Access machine (ATMA) at Nagpur railway station. The machine has been introduced at the station under New, Innovative Non-Fare Revenue Ideas Scheme (NINFRIS) policy to prevent Covid19 transmission to generate Non-Fare Revenue for the Central Railway zone but haven’t disclosed much about it.

Minister of Railways and Commerce, Piyush Goyal has shared in his tweet, which said that while maintaining minimum contact, the machine checks body temperature, face mask, ticket and identity card of passenger. And the machine will enable touch-free scrutiny of passenger’s credentials while following boarding guidelines.

Such kind of interaction with passengers through this newly innovated machine, with significant amount of dwell time, can become an ideal screen to catch the attention of mass for their product or service promotion.