Section 8 in The Delhi Metro Railway (Prohibition of Carriage of Large-Sized Luggage, Carriage of Offensive and Dangerous Goods in the Metro Railway, Travelling of Persons Suffering From Infectious and Contagious Diseases in the Metro Railway and Value, Period of Validity and Such Other Particulars Indicated in the Ticket Issued by the Metro Railway) Rules, 2002
8. Particulars of ticket.
(1)Any person desirous of travelling on the metro railway shall, upon payment of fare, be issued with a ticket by the metro railway administration or an agent authorised in this behalf.(2)The ticket issued under sub-rule (1) shall be of two types, namely-(i)contactless smart card for multiple journeys ; and(ii)contactless smart token for single or two journeys.(3)(i)Contactless smart card shall be a stored value card and its value shall be encoded in the card and it shall be issued in three denominations, namely, Rs. 100, Rs. 200 and Rs. 500.(ii)After the value of the contactless smart card getting exhausted on undertaking multiple journeys, it shall be possible to get it re-charged by making additional payment.(iii)The maximum value for which contactless smart card can be recharged shall be Rs. 800 ; and(iv)Validity period of contactless smart card shall be one year from the date of its issue.(4)Contactless smart token shall be blue token for single journey and red token for two journeys. The value of contactless smart token shall be as per the fare as specified in the fare table published by the metro railway administration from time to time :-(i)Blue token shall be captured at the end of the journey in the system provided at the exit gate. Fare paid shall be encoded on the blue token and its period of validity shall be one day.(ii)Red token shall be captured at the end of the second journey in the system provided at the exit gate. Fare paid shall be encoded on the red token and its period of validity shall be two days.
