Two automated ticket booking systems on the city's suburban railways are expected to be integrated soon to allow commuters to use just one smart card to travel on all public modes of transport in the financial capital. Currently commuters on the suburban railways use the Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) or the 'Go Mumbai' smart card to purchase unreserved tickets.
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Mumbai is a dynamic city where people come with a lot of dreams. It really deserves more and more and it will get the best from me.” That’s how Sowmya Raghvan, the first woman General Manager of Central Railway in its 155-year history, details her job profile and priorities, a little less than two months after taking charge of one the world's busiest railway systems.
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Indian Railways has a “gift” for Mumbai’s harrowed commuters this new year.
It will be installing and operationalising 350 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) for the city’s western and central railway lines on January 1.
What sweetens the deal is the fact that the gift comes free of cost to the Railways.
Anil Ambani-led consortium, which is developing the ambitious metro rail project in metropolis, has some some good news for Mumbaikars on Tuesday.
Burdened as they are with high transportation costs and uncomfortable public transport facilities, news that the cost of travel between the suburbs of Versova and Ghatkopar will be as low as Rs 6 should indeed be a welcome news for Mumbai commuters.
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