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Railways Plans to Produce Super AC Coaches

  • The railways is planning to manufacture spacious and technologically advanced 'super AC' coaches for the Rajdhani Express. The proposal is now under active consideration of the railway ministry.According to Railway Board sources, the railways has made the Rae Bareli coach factory functional. Perhaps the new coach factory would manufacture these coaches for the prestigious Rajdhani Express trains running in all the 16 zones of the railways, sources said.
  • According to a Railway Board official, the railways has almost finalized the design for these coaches with 44 berths in each coach. It has asked the Rae Bareli coach factory to manufacture a prototype of the super AC coach. On its approval by the railway ministry, the railways would go ahead with the proposed plan to manufacture them for Rajdhani Express trains, he said.According to sources, at present a AC-2 coach in Rajdhani Express has 55 berths while there are 72 berths in the AC-3 coach. Though the railways has not yet fixed the fare for the super AC class in Rajdhani Express, it is, however, believed that the fare structure could be a bit higher than the current AC-2 fare, but it may not be more than AC-1 fare of Rajdhani Express, sources said.
  • The Board official said that the railways would manufacture 25 super AC coaches for Rajdhani Express in the first phase. The special feature of this coach is that each coach will have spacious place inside the bogie. Besides, it will have wider windows and there would be a provision for wider space in the side berths for the convenience of passengers, he said. According to him, the railways intends to provide high-end service to passengers with better ambience in each coach of Rajdhani Express. There will be provision for a mini pantry car in super AC-2 coach. The railways plans to make lightweight super AC coaches using stainless steel from safety point of view, he said.At present, the Rae Bareli coach factory has been manufacturing LHB (Linke Holfmann Bush) coaches. As many as six such coaches have been manufactured in the coach factory so far which are ready to roll out soon, sources said.

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