Published 14:33 IST, June 29th 2022

Indian Railways officer earns praises for 'superfast' speed in booking tickets; watch

In a video which is going viral, a man is seen booking tickets at a superfast speed from an Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) at a railway station. Watch.

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Waiting for your turn while standing in a long queue to take train tickets from ticket counter at railway station is fun. In big cities where being a few seconds late can cost you your train, long queues at ticket counter are worrisome. However, if you have this superfast man at your ticket counter, you have thing to be worried about.

In a video which is going viral, a man is seen booking tickets from Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) at a railway station. tably, ATVM is a ticket vending machine introduced by Indian Railways to reduce passengers queuing up at ticket counter. In viral video, a Railway officer is seen booking tickets using ATVM machine at a superfast speed and helping passengers save time. video has been shared by 'Mumbai Railway Users' on ir Twitter p with   caption: "Somewhere in Indian Railways this guy is so fast giving tickets to 3 passengers in 15 seconds."

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Netizens react to Indian Railways' 'superfast' ticket booking man

Reacting to viral video of 'superfast' speed of this railway officer, netizens are calling him a "dedicated and prompt employee of Indian Railways". 

Mayur Patel, a Twitter user called 'superfast' railway officer "queue-angel" and said that people like m are helpful.

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Ar Twitter user, Jose Varghese, said, "Indian Railways needs such dedicated and prompt employees to augment efficiency and passenger comfort."

A third Twitter user asked Indian Railways to show video to ticket window staff to motivate m to work like man in viral video. 

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Some of netizens also lauded ATVM machines for responding so quickly. One of netizens said, "Never seen any vending machine responding so quickly to human interaction." Ar Twitter user name Malav Shah said, " kiosk system is similarly fast ( loading screens), that’s surprising. "

ATVM machine

To solve long and standing queues at ticketing counters of railway stations, Indian Railways introduced Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM). It is an unmanned, smart card-based touch-screen ticketing kiosk for purchasing unreserved tickets. Passengers can purchase smart card and recharge it from minated ticket counters. 

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14:33 IST, June 29th 2022