ETC Taiwan team crosses the sea to build India's first "multi lane free flow" electronic toll collection system, officially opened to traffic

        On July 29th, Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection announced that India's first "Multi Lane Free Flow" (MLFF) electronic toll collection system, built by the "ETC Taiwan team" across the sea, has officially opened for operation. The first landmark portal is located in Choryasi, Gujarat, the hometown of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In addition, the portal located in Gharaunda, Haryana was also opened in June this year, which is an important milestone for Taiwan's ETC technology to successfully export overseas and land in the new southbound direction after Thailand.

        Public private collaboration to align with international standards and accelerate digital transformation of India's national highways

        Vice President Wu Zhongjie stated that this breakthrough not only showcases Taiwan's intelligent transportation capabilities, but also benefits from the policy guidance and international promotion of the Engineering Association and the High tech Bureau, successfully creating a public-private partnership output model. Faced with the Indian government's plan to transform 10% (approximately 140 stations) of the 1400 traditional toll stations nationwide into MLFF ETC systems within a year, the team will continue to participate and promote the experience of digital transformation of Taiwan's national highways overseas.

        Seizing the world's second largest road network, Taiwan, and seizing its historic first case

        India began importing the same RFID toll technology FASTag as Taiwan about 10 years ago, but before transitioning to free flow toll collection, vehicles still had to enter traditional toll stations and rely on fence control, often causing congestion due to failed deductions or human factors. Since 2013, Taiwan has implemented multi lane free flow electronic toll collection without barriers, allowing vehicles to complete the deduction without slowing down. Yuanchuang Intelligence, based on its successful experience in Taiwan, passed the POC concept validation in Kalouda, India in 2020 and obtained the implementation plan in 2025.

        According to official statistics from India, on the first day of operation in May, the toll gate frame in Surat city guided over 41500 trains to pass through on the highway "without feeling", greatly improving the bottleneck congestion in front of the toll station; The second portal located in the city of Garounda further enhances the experience of highway travel without deceleration. The Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Santosh Kumar Yadav, also publicly stated that the introduction of the MLFF toll collection system is an important milestone in modernizing India's highways, which will help establish a more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly electronic toll collection ecosystem and promote the popularization of smart transportation in India.

        Overcoming complex vehicle types and extreme weather conditions, Taiwan's technology demonstrates high adaptability

        The transportation environment in India differs greatly from that in Taiwan, and the team had to overcome two major challenges during the construction process: complex vehicle types and extreme weather conditions. Compared to the simple types of vehicles on Taiwan's national highways, Indian road vehicles range from 4-wheeled small cars to over 20 wheeled large trucks, and some vehicles such as two wheeled tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk tuk. Therefore, the gantry system must combine high-speed license plate recognition (ANPR), AI axle and vehicle type recognition, and LiDAR sensors to instantly identify multiple vehicle types in high-speed traffic and screen out toll free vehicles.

        In addition, the high temperature environment in India's summer poses a severe challenge to the stability of outdoor precision equipment. Yuanchuang Intelligence has specially designed the gantry equipment for high temperature resistance, heat dissipation, and weather resistance to ensure stable operation of the system in extreme environments, demonstrating the high adaptability of Taiwan's intelligent transportation system in complex overseas environments.

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