Automated Fare Collection (AFC)
Automated Fare Collection System (AFC) is one of the basic systems and station equipments used in Metro Trains and Buses, that consists of automated gate machine, ticket vending machine and ticket checking machine. This eases the life-cycle activities for all the stakeholders and improves productivity
Purposes :
- To reduce the wait time for passengers, and to increase the throughput
- To increase revenue collection, reduce pilferages, and provide added benefits to the passengers and crew
- To improve productivity, and to monitor and implement additional services based on analytics
- To enable future readiness for potential integration with other services
Interfaces :
Automated Gates
Add Value Machine (AVM), Ticket Vending Machine (TVM), Ticket Office Machine (TOM)
Excess Fare Office (EFO)
Secondary TOM (S-TOM)
Ticket Reader (TR)
Station Computer (SC) with server rack
Electrical cabinets and server racks
Portable Ticket Decoder (PTD)
Central Clearing House System (CCHS)
Features :
Configurability of the Hardware
Flexibility with Payment Methods
Business Intelligence Reporting
Integration with Other Departmental Systems
Cloud or inhouse server can be used
Client Benefits :
Improved passenger service
Flexibility of tariff policy
Reduced pilferage, improved revenue and profit
Instant reconciliation, analytics for increased capacity
Reduced cash transactions and automate the process via smart cards
Reduced wait time for passengers, reduced altercations