1]-The smart Card can be used purchase tickets from automatic ticket vending machines[ATVM] that have been set up at Howrah, Sealdah and several suburban stations.
2]-Useful for people who travel frequently on work to various locations in the districts.
3]-Using smart card passengers save time by not having to wait in queues, they also get a bonus of 5% on every fill of Rs 100. The cards being transferable, all members of a family can use them.
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A Smart Card is a plastic card the size of a credit card with an integrated circuit built into it. Smart cards contain a microchip with an integrated circuit capable of processing and storing thousands of bytes of electronic data.
Smart cards contain a microchip with an integrated circuit capable of processing and storing thousands of bytes of electronic data.
The smart card is an electronic recording device. Information in the microchip can instantaneously verify the cardholder’s identity and any privileges to which the cardholder may be entitled. Information such as withdrawals, sales, and bills can be processed immediately and if/when necessary; those records can be transmitted to a central computer for file updating.
Smart cards are secure, compact and intelligent data carriers.
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