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Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers inaugurates Churchgate station library
Updated On: 06 June, 2026 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers inaugurated Library Junction, Mumbai's first free public railway station library, at Churchgate. The Project Mumbai initiative offers commuters access to 1,200 books, including fiction, self-help, children's literature and magazines
(From left) Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers, Project Mumbai founder Shishir Joshi, and Western Railway Chief PRO Vineet Abhishek at the launch event on Friday. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
AB de Villiers, former captain of the South African cricket team, was at Churchgate station on Friday evening to inaugurate a novel initiative that promotes reading and community engagement — ‘Library Junction’ — a first-of-its-kind free public railway station library for commuters. de Villiers donated copies of his autographed biography to the library.
The library currently has around 1200 books
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