A new mobile ticketing system was inaugurated by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at Dadar station yesterday. Commuters can now download an application on their smartphones and book a ticket by following the steps. Prabhu told sunday mid-day, “We want to reduce the queue at the ticket counters and this new system is the way forward.”

Meanwhile, another ticketing system, which involved the cash/coin ticket vending machines, was removed after six months of trials. The machine at Churchgate Station was removed a few months ago, while the one at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) was uninstalled recently.