Last updated : December 05, 2017 6:53 pm
Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation is looking to award complete station branding rights, branding of rakes under the'Own Your Station' scheme to boost the corporation's non-fare revenues
In this, Kolkata Metro is perhaps guided by the model pursued by Delhi Metro and Gurgaon Rapid Metro Services, whereby the station name itself has been branded -- like Guru Dronacharya Stations has become Indigo Guru Dronacharya Station, ITO has become JK Tyre ITO, Shivaji Stadium has become ONGC Shivaji Stadium, and Vishwavidyalay has become Honda Two Wheelers Vishwavidyalay.
As such, the current advertising model is not yielding optimal results. Hence, the Metro corporations are looking at more innovative concepts to increase the non-fare revenues. Also, apart from increasing the number of traditional media formats inside the metro stations there will be an increased number of kiosks and other services like food stalls and ATMs in coming times.