From today, a library on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express
Somit Sen | TNN | Jan 1, 2019, 06:43 IST
Representative imageMUMBAI: From January 1, Western Railway will introduce a library on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express.
Commuters will have free access to the library and can pick up a book of their choice for the duration of the journey. They will have to return the book before alighting the train,” said Aarti Singh Parihar, WR senior divisional commercial manager. This is the first time WR is setting up a library in a train-.Passengers travelling in the monthly season ticket coaches of Deccan Queen and Panchvati Express on Central Railway have access to books. The library facility was started in these two CR trains in October.
Initially, WR will have a collection of 70 books on different topics ranging from history, politics, mystery, biographies, fictions, self-help books and 35 storybooks for children, she said.
. “In this mobile phone age, it is very essential to create and facilitate an environment in which reading books can be popularise. This library on wheel is such an attempt from Mumbai division,” said Parihar.
Passenger suggestions on the choice of books will be received and the collection changed accordingly, said an official.
Commuters will have free access to the library and can pick up a book of their choice for the duration of the journey. They will have to return the book before alighting the train,” said Aarti Singh Parihar, WR senior divisional commercial manager. This is the first time WR is setting up a library in a train-.Passengers travelling in the monthly season ticket coaches of Deccan Queen and Panchvati Express on Central Railway have access to books. The library facility was started in these two CR trains in October.
Initially, WR will have a collection of 70 books on different topics ranging from history, politics, mystery, biographies, fictions, self-help books and 35 storybooks for children, she said.
. “In this mobile phone age, it is very essential to create and facilitate an environment in which reading books can be popularise. This library on wheel is such an attempt from Mumbai division,” said Parihar.
Passenger suggestions on the choice of books will be received and the collection changed accordingly, said an official.
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