Central Railway proliferates Automatic vending Machines over its suburban stations.
Initially 383 ATVMs at 74 suburban stations were installed On seeing favourable passenger response, further 275 new ATVMs were installed taking the total upto 658 ATVMs.
There are 39 at Thane, 33 at Kalyan, 24 at Dombivli, 24 at Kurla, 22 at Mulund, 22 at Ghatkopar, 19 at Dadar, 17 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and more than 10 ATVMs at Byculla, Sion, Vidhyavihar, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Kalva, Mumbra, Diva, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Badlapur, Vadala Road, Mankhurd, Vashi, Sanpada, Nerul and Panvel.
To...
more... purchase a ticket through ATVM the passenger has to buy a Smart Card first which can be recharged as per requirement. The passenger is benefited with 5% more value i.e. with the charging of Rs 100/- the passenger can purchase the tickets valued at Rs 105/-.
To make these ATVMs more user friendly and to make them avail by more passengers Central Railway has deputed retired government employees as facilitators at some crowded stations.
The ATVM can also be availed to get the print of ticket booked through Mobile ticketing system
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