Panchavati Express gets ATM in coach as CR pilots unique initiative

In a singular initiative, Central Railway (CR) has put in an automatic teller machine (ATM) onboard the Mumbai-Manmad Panchavati Categorical on a trial foundation. 

The Central Railway (CR) has put in an automatic teller machine (ATM) onboard the Mumbai-Manmad Panchavati Categorical on an experimental foundation, officers stated.

The ATM, supplied by a personal financial institution, has been put in in an air-conditioned chair automotive coach of the every day categorical service and shall be made out there to passengers shortly, they stated.

“The ATM has been put in on board the Panchavati Categorical on experimental foundation,” CR’s chief public relations officer Swapnil Nila stated on Tuesday.

In keeping with the railway officers, the ATM has been put up in a cubicle on the rear finish of the coach, an area earlier used as a makeshift pantry. A shutter door has been supplied to make sure the security and accessibility whereas the prepare is in movement, they stated.

The required coach modification was undertaken on the Manmad Railway Workshop, the official stated.

The Panchavati Categorical, working every day between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai and Manmad Junction in neighbouring Nashik district, completes its a method journey in about 4.35 hours.

It is likely one of the in style trains on the route as a result of handy timing for the intercity journey.

Printed on April 16, 2025