Commuters will be provided with facilities like physiotherapy, massage, hairdressing, shaving and facial, among others
The VMAT Salon and Spa is located in the open space concourse between suburban and mainline platforms
In a first, the Mumbai CSMT railway station on Thursday got a salon and spa for commuters. The VMAT Salon and Spa is located in the open space concourse between suburban and mainline platforms. Under this concept, the licensee will offer facilities such as physiotherapy by a professional, body massage through a massage chair, and salon services such as hairdressing, shaving, facial etc. will be available to the users.
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Personal care items like emergency products, generic and Ayurvedic medicines, beauty and cosmetic products etc. will also be available for sale here. The entire concept has been made available under the railways' non-fare revenue model for the first time and the initiative will fetch them a revenue of Rs 75 lakh in five years. The contracts for construction, operation, maintenance and management of the personal care centre at CSMT station has been awarded for Rs 14,77,000 per annum for a period of five years.
Central Railway has the distinction of being number one in non-fare revenue over all zones of Indian Railways. From April 1 2021 to March 20 2022, the revenue on this account is Rs 28.88 crore, which is 38% more than the revenue achieved during the same period last year. In terms of non-fare revenue Mumbai division is leading with Rs 21.96 crore, for the period from April 1, 2021, to March 23, 2022.
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