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Hyderabad Launches Common Digital Pass for Metro-Bus, App for Tickets, Auto Fares Rise.
- •The Telangana government has introduced a common digital pass for Hyderabad Metro and TGSRTC City Buses, allowing commuters to travel with a single pass.
- •Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka inaugurated the scheme at Praja Bhavan, with Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar also present.
- •The 'Me Ticket' mobile app has been launched for passenger convenience, enabling booking of bus tickets from home via a digital QR code.
- •Daily passes are available for 400 rupees (300 metro, 100 bus) and monthly passes for 8500 rupees (7000 metro, 1500 bus), purchasable at metro stations.
- •Auto rickshaw fares have been revised: minimum fare is 30 rupees for the first 1.6 km, and 14 rupees for every subsequent kilometer.
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The common pass is available in two options for regular commuters: a daily pass for four hundred rupees (with three hundred rupees allocated for metro travel and one hundred rupees for bus travel) and a monthly pass for eight thousand five hundred rupees (with seven thousand rupees allocated for metro and fifteen hundred rupees for bus travel). A refundable security deposit of one hundred rupees is required for the first-time purchase.
Passengers can book bus tickets from home using the 'Me Ticket' app by selecting their boarding point and destination and completing an online payment. A digital ticket featuring a dynamic QR code then appears on the mobile screen, which must be shown to the conductor during the trip. This system eliminates paper tickets, loose change disputes, and waiting in queues.
The revised auto rickshaw meter rates set a minimum fare of thirty rupees for the first 1.6 kilometers, replacing rules that had been in place since 2014. After the initial distance, passengers must pay fourteen rupees for every subsequent kilometer. Additionally, waiting charges are set at seventy-five paise per minute, luggage charges at fifty paise, and night travel between eleven PM and five AM costs one and a half times the normal fare.
