The ECoR has installed 91 Automatic Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines in different coaches in 36 most important trains, originating from its jurisdiction i.e. from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam.
35 coaches of 10 trains include Purusottam Express, Puri-Ahmedabad Express, Tapaswini Express, Puri-Durg Express, Utkal Express, Jagannath Express, Neelachal Express, Puri-Chennai Express, Puri-Ajmer Express, Puri-Shirdi Express originating from Puri have been installed with the napkin vending machine.
Similarly, 28 coaches of 15 trains originating from Bhubaneswar i.e. Hirakhand Express, Rajdhani Express group of trains, Prashanti Express, Dhanbad Garib Rath Express, Bhawanipatna Link Express, Jan Shatabdi Express, Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express, Bangalore Cant Express, Balangir Inter City, New Delhi Duronto, Krishnarajpuram Humsafar Express, Bangiriposi Express have been provided with this facility.
The machines have been provided in 23 coaches of 11 trains originating from Visakhapatnam including Samata Express, AP Express, Nizamuddin Dakshin Link Express, Korba Express, Visakhapatnam-LTT Express, Hirakund Express, Visakhapatnam-Gandhidham Express, Visakhapatnam-Digha Express, Visakhapatnam-Tata Express, Visakhapatnam-Paradeep Express, Visakhapatnam-Chennai.
Besides, the ECoR has already installed these facilities in major railway stations over its jurisdiction like Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Puri etc. The price of the napkin is Rs 5 per piece. Passengers can get the napkins by inserting a Rs 5 coin in the vending machine.