{"id":4659,"date":"2025-06-30T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T10:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:22:53","slug":"train-tickets-to-go-digital-with-card-payments-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/train-tickets-to-go-digital-with-card-payments-nationwide","title":{"rendered":"Train Tickets to Go Digital with Card Payments Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-6\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Allied Bank Limited to implement Point of Sale (POS) systems at 348 railway stations across the nation, marking a significant step toward modernization.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<div id=\"scrooling\" class=\"wp100 scrooling-fixed\">\n<div id=\"ajax_container-display\" class=\"ajax_container-img\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"443\">The digital rollout will enable passengers to pay for tickets and services using debit and credit cards, phasing out manual cash transactions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"576\">This initiative supports the government\u2019s broader \u201cDigital Pakistan\u201d vision and is expected to be fully implemented within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"621\"><strong data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"621\">Streamlined Services and Reduced Queues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"807\">Railways Minister Muhammad Hanif Abbasi announced the plan, noting that the POS system will drastically reduce long queues at ticket counters and enhance the overall travel experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"926\">He emphasized that digitization will also improve transaction transparency and operational speed at railway stations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1059\">The POS terminals will make it easier for travelers to buy tickets and services instantly, eliminating the hassle of carrying cash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1099\"><strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1099\">Curbing Financial Losses and Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1270\">The minister added that introducing card payments is expected to curb revenue leakages, accounting errors, and financial fraud\u2014longstanding issues in the railway sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1386\">Pakistan Railways anticipates that this digital payment system will make operations more accountable and accurate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1504\">This partnership marks a major milestone in the transport sector\u2019s shift to a tech-enabled, user-friendly ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Allied Bank Limited to implement Point of Sale (POS) systems at 348 railway stations across the nation, marking a significant step toward modernization. The digital rollout will enable passengers to pay for tickets and services using debit and credit cards, phasing out manual cash &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2160,2271,2273],"class_list":["post-4659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto","tag-digital","tag-railways","tag-ticketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4659"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4706,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659\/revisions\/4706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}