In a welcoming move to the passengers commuting daily in Mumbai local trains, the Western and Central Railway has decided to provide the Content on Demand (CoD) services as a part of its non-fare revenue generation programme.
With this, the commuters will be able to download and watch movies, music videos and other audio-visual content for free while travelling in the Mumbai local trains.
With this initiative, passengers will be able to enjoy uninterrupted free and high-quality buffer-free streaming across personal devices during their journey and the content will be periodically refreshed.
Under the CoD, various preloaded multilingual content (movies, music videos, general entertainment, lifestyle, etc) will be provided to commuters in moving trains through media servers installed in trains.
Currently, CoD media servers have been installed in 10 local trains of the Central Railway (CR) and are being tested for error-free services on experimental basis.
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Officials said once the testing is done successfully, the services will be made available in all local trains in Mumbai and though it will be free for passengers, revenue can be generated by the railways through advertising or from the services provider. The railways had announced the complete rollout of the project by 2022.
Moreover, the Western Railway (WR) on October 31 had announced to install TV screens on Mumbai local trains. So far, the railways have introduced infotainment screens in compartments of eight local trains.
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