Token Operator Of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Being the Token Operator Of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation out of C-105 in Ashok Vihar Phase-1 means we see the city from a different angle. This office isn’t inside a station, so it’s where the administrative and technical side of the tokens gets handled. We have boxes and boxes of those little plastic discs that everyone uses to get through the gates. The room is usually a bit messy with cables and parts for the ticket machines. We sit at these heavy wooden desks and try to keep track of where everything is going. Ashok Vihar is a busy area, so there’s always the sound of traffic and people outside. We don’t have a fancy lobby or any marketing materials on the walls. It’s mostly just schedules, maintenance logs, and a few old photos of the metro lines. The clock on the wall is a few minutes fast, but we never bother to change it. We drink tea from the shop downstairs and wait for the reports to come in from the various stations. It’s a lot of repetitive work, checking numbers and making sure the token machines aren't breaking down. We’re just a small part of the whole metro system, but we’ve been at this address for a long time now. It’s a basic, functional office where we do what’s needed to keep the commuters moving every day without any trouble.