The Indian Railways has upgraded its HMT machines to enable online verification of general tickets. This allows TTEs/TCs to check the authenticity of general tickets using scanners and ticket numbers directly from their HMT machines, eliminating the need to visit stations. This upgrade was implemented in response to numerous instances of...
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fake tickets being caught at various stations, especially in Bihar. The new software in the HMT machine also allows for color verification to detect fraudulent tickets. TTEs can now scan the QR code of paper tickets and verify them with the details printed on the ticket. They can also click on the ‘Check with Server’ option to verify the ticket’s origin, counter, and creation time from the server.