In a first, the city’s Blue Line Metro 1 that operates between Ghatkopar-Versova on Wednesday got wristband entry tickets starting this week. With this, data-fed wristbands that can be scanned and will be offered to commuters for faster entry into the Metro premises.

The Reliance Infra-promoted Mumbai Metro One has designed this travel product keeping the needs of commuters in mind. “As part of our commitment to offering top-notch service, we have today launched TapTap Mumbai’s inaugural wearable metro ticket at an inaugural offer of R200 only. This innovative solution is already available across all customer care of Mumbai Metro One stations and commuters can buy & recharge the wristbands like store value pass which is already in use,” a spokesperson said.