Western Railway wants to make your commute on the AC local train really cool. Soon, you will be able to access movies and TV shows on your personal devices on the train. Passengers on three other trains — the two Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express trains and the Mumbai-Chennai Express — will also be able to enjoy high-quality movies and TV shows onboard. The trains will be fitted with on-board media servers preloaded with content that can be accessed through a mobile application. Four trains have been selected for the pilot project of the Content on Demand (CoD) service. About 2,864 pairs (up and down) of suburban train services, including 21 pairs of ladies special local trains and 1,516 pairs of mail express trains will be covered in the final phase that is expected to be complete in two years.

Download app for entertainment
Explaining how the system will work, Western Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Ravinder Bhakar said daily commuters and long-distance passengers will be able to access movies and TV shows on their personal devices on the train. "Commuters will have to download an app called Sugar Box through which the content will be provided," he said. The trains will be fitted with on-board media servers, which will be preloaded with content that can only be accessed through a mobile application, he added.