IRCTC : Do Exercise In Front of Ticket Machine, Get Free Railway Ticket !

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New Delhi: Usually railway platform ticket is available for 10 rupees but now you can get it for free too. Actually, Indian Railways has installed such a machine at Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, that you will be able to take railway tickets for free. However, for this, you will have to do squats in front of the machine. Only those who squats 30 times in 180 seconds will be eligible for the free platform ticket.

This initiative has been taken by the Railways to encourage fitness. This machine has been named ‘Fit India Dand Baithak Mchine’. The video of this machine has been tweeted by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Ministry of Railways. The video of this unique initiative of the railway is going viral on social media.

How will the machine work ? 


Two foot prints are made in front of the machine. On this, you will have to stand and do squats 30 times in the given time. Your time and point will be displayed on the display in the machine. As soon as 180 seconds is over you will get a platform ticket.

With this, the Railway Ministry has given information about the use of old coaches of Indian Railways. Actually, a beautiful classroom has been made in a school in Mysore with old coaches. Similarly,  Staff canteens are made in Danapur, Bihar using old coaches and an office has been built in the National Rail Museum of Delhi.

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