Mumbai to soon get unified transport card

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has taken a baby step towards a “More Mumbai” mobility card to pay fares for various modes of transport. Commuters in Mumbai and the Metropolitan region may soon be able to use the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) to pay Metro and Mono Railway, suburban railway, bus, auto- rickshaw and taxi fares, apart from parking charges and toll.

Launched by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, the unified ticketing solutions seek to avoid repeated inconvenience of small cash transactions. “The effort is to ultimately rid the commuter of the daily piecemeal cash transactions,” said Dilip Kawathkar, Joint Project Director, (PR), MMRDA, adding that this would allow easy access to various modes of transport.