Section 7 in The Bangalore Metro Railway (Carriage and Ticket) Rules, 2011
7. Particulars of ticket.
(1)Any person desirous of travelling on the metro railway shall, upon payment, be issued with a ticket by the Bangalore Metro Railway Administration or an agent authorised by the Bangalore Metro Railway Administration in this behalf.(2)The ticket issued under sub-rule (1) shall be of following types, namely:-(i)Contactless Smart Card for multiple journeys;(ii)Contactless Smart Token for single journey;(iii)Group Paper Ticket issued for group journeys;(iv)Any other type as may be decided upon by the Bangalore Metro Railway Administration.(3)Contactless Smart card:(i)contactless Smart card shall be of two types, viz. Metro Contactless Smart Card and Combo Contactless Smart Card.(ii)while Metro shall have only contactless chip for ticketing application, the Combo Contactless Smart Cards shall have both contactless chip and a magstrip for ticketing and banking application, respectively in one card;(iii)both Metro Contactless Smart Card and Combo Contactless Smart Cards shall have the same functionality as far as ticketing is concerned.(4)Contactless Smart Token:(i)Contactless Smart Tokens shall be used for single journey only.(ii)the value of contactless smart token shall be as per the fare specified in the fare table published by the Bangalore Metro Railway administration from time to time;(iii)fare paid shall be encoded on the token and its validity shall be for one day.(iv)Contactless Smart Tokens shall be captured at the exit gate on completion of journey.(5)Group Paper Ticket:Group paper ticket may be a single ticket issued in the form of paper slip for booking a large group of persons travelling together and permitted to perform journey by manual verification of paper ticket.
