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Ranjani Madhavan ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Bengaluru’s public transport users could expect a pilot test of a common mobility card in two months’ time. They will be then able to use a single smart card to travel in both Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s buses and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation’s Metro trains. BMTC had proposed a pilot test to Metro recently, selecting a few stations for the trial. “The existing BMTC smart card software follows National Common Mobility card standards and is already open loop, which means it can be used elsewhere too. The backend software will be developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing..