Wakey Wakey call by Indian Railways makes social media users happy

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has launched a new service of “wake-up call” on the mobile phones of passengers half-an-hour ahead of their scheduled arrival to their destination. And Tweeple are a happy lot.

Railway Minster Piyush Goyal tweeted, “Railways will now help passengers get rid of their worry of missing out their destination station during the journey. Passengers will be alerted by a wake-up call half an hour before the arrival, so that they are ready to disembark before their arrival.”

Wake-up alarm will get passengers’ on their toes 30 minutes before the train reaches their individual destinations.

This service was hailed by the netizens as the social media flooded with reactions.

A user wrote, “Wow…..this is so good…I have faced very problems like that…but now I’m sleeping with easily n n without worry’s thank u sir…and also Indian railways.” Another wrote, “Luggage ka bhi dhyaan rakhna padta hai Sir. Nahi soo sakte na…”

A post read, “Small but very important facility.” A user remarked, “Isme naya kya hai? We have been using alert facility.”