Western Railway facilitated Ms Sayali Phadke, student for using the ATVM Smart Card right from the time when it was launched. Shri G.S. Banerjee, Chief Commercial Manager, Western Railway presented Ms Sayali a beautiful replica of the oldest Steam Locomotive 'Fairy Queen' and 'Western Railway - Heritage Traditions & Legend' published by Western Railway as mementoes.
On this occasion, Shri Banerjee said that at present 109 ATVMs are working on WR's Mumbai Suburban Section and it is planned to procure 130 more ATVMs for the convenience of commuters. Ms Sayali Phadke hailed WR's efforts to popularise use of ATVMs. She said that buying tickets through ATVM smart cards is very convenient and easy. She said that it saves a lot of her valuable time.
WR introduced ATVMs on 10th October, 2007 and her smart card was bought on the same day. Ms Sayali has been using this card for commuting regularly on Western & Central lines. She appealed to the commuters to use smart cards to avoid queues and to get their journey tickets conveniently.
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Caption:
Ms Sayali Phadke, one of the oldest ATVM Smart Card User with Shri G.S. Banerjee, Chief Commercial Manager, Western Railway at Western Railway's
HQs, Churchgate on 15th April, 2011.
