Metro passengers alert! Paytm has good news for you - What people of Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and other cities should know

Digital payments firm Paytm has announced the launch of Metro Route Search feature. The feature is available in all 10 cities that have metro rail facility including Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Lucknow, Kochi and Jaipur. The feature can be used by metro rail travellers to plan their journey. "The feature not just suggests a route between your origin and destination, but also provides estimated travel time, fares, number of stations to traverse and interchanging station for changing lines. For scenarios where multiple routes are possible, it also recommends the best route, taking into account the travel time and number of times the metro lines are to be changed during the journey," Paytm said in a statement.

Paytm Route Search for Metro Rail Passengers: How to use the feature?

1.     Open Paytm app and click on the ‘Metro’ icon.

3.     Select your city and click on Route Search.

4.     Select your origin and destination stations and click on the search button to view the routes.

5.     The feature would suggest the route and also show you the journey time between the selected stations.

Announcing the launch of the metro route search feature on Paytm app, Abhishek Rajan, Vice President at Paytm said, “At Paytm, we constantly think of ways for improving the travel experience of our users. The Metro Route Search is yet another step towards offering a more convenient way for metro travellers to smartly plan their journey. We witnessed an overwhelming response to this feature within hours of making it live on the app. We have many more innovative features in the pipeline that will help improve our users'  journey experience across all modes of transport.”