“Make in India” coaches by Indian Railways – what is awesome about them?
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Make in India is an initiative of the Government of India to encourage multinational, as well as domestic, companies to manufacture their products in India. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014.
As a part of the Make in India campaign, Indian Railways has also been designing luxurious passenger coaches at the Coach Rehabilitation Workshop (CRWS) in Nishaputra Bhopal. The trial run of the first model of the rake of these Make in India railway coaches was successfully conducted last week between Bhopal and Bina railway stations.
Let’s see in detail what are the 6 awesome features of these luxurious railway coaches.
1. They are spacious, have bigger side berths and are equipped with jerk-less seats.
Side berths also have snacks tables unlike train coaches currently being used. Additionally, the seats will be made of poly vinyl material, thus being fire proof.
2. Chains for middle berths have been replaced with side support and railings.
No more uncomfortable and sleepless nights because of the chains securing the middle berths.
3. Flooring of the coaches has been painted like a carpet.
No more stained and dirty floors. Feel like walking on the carpet in the living room of your house.
4. Bio toilet systems have been installed in all coaches.
With the aim of eliminating direct discharge of human waste on railway tracks, Indian railways is also replacing toilets in coaches with environment-friendly bio-toilets.
5. Every compartment has separate mobile and laptop charging points and the seats have LED reading lights.
Get an in-flight experience as you read your favorite novel comfortably with the LED reading lights without disturbing fellow passengers.
6. There will be fire extinguishers on both sides of a coach.
Fire extinguishers are provided in case any accidental fire breaks out in the coaches.
The trial held between Bhopal and Bina stations consisted of 24 Make in India coaches running at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. Indian Railways might soon have these introduced on the trains country-wide. The project was launched to refurbish the interiors of all coaches and create a homely environment for the passengers of Indian Railways during their long train journeys and the responsibility to design these model coaches was given to the Western Central Railway (WCR) zone.
The plan is to manufacture 111 coaches including 87 non AC coaches, 17 coaches for AC 3 tier, five for AC 2 tier and one each for AC 1 tier and chair car coaches. Once Railway Board clears the report of this trial run, the coaches will be first introduced on ISO certified trains and Rajdhani Expresses. Following this, phase two of luxury coaches will be launched. CRWS will also manufacture executive class chair car coaches for Shatabdi Express.
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