Automatic ticket vending machines have made a comeback at stations on the Central Railway. The zonal railways on Wednesday announced that the machines would restart with facilitators for fully vaccinated commuters, as per crowd requirement. 

Last week, mid-day had highlighted how crowding at ticket booking offices was leading to issues. While Western Railway already has about 60 ATVM machines operating with validators, Central Railway had none, leading to crowding at ticket counters. Passenger associations had said that the resumption of machines to full strength would ease the burden on booking counters and lessen the queues.