While the Western Railway (WR) authorities are doing every bit to promote the Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM), which they claim to be an ideal replacement for queues at ticket windows and malpractices through use of coupons, connectivity glitches seem to be defeating their purpose.

ineffective: It’s been nearly a fortnight since 34 of the 80 new ATVMs were introduced on the Western line. However, these machines are yet to be connected to the main server, thus making their existence pointless. File pic