Trial run of new 'Make in India' railway coaches complete
BHOPAL: Get ready to travel with more comfort in trains. With successful trial run of Indian Railways' first model rake of luxury 'Make in India' railway coaches on Friday, the national transporter may soon roll out these coaches in trains.
Trial run of 24 coaches was conducted between Bhopal and Bina railway stations at a speed of 120 km per hour. These passenger coaches have been designed by Bhopal's coach rehabilitation workshop (CRWS), Nishatpura and each aspect of the coaches was noted down...
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by railway officials during trial run.
What sets apart these new coaches are jerk-less seats and beautiful interiors. Also, from the usual green or red seats, the new colour is purple that instantly gives a high-class look and feel.
Besides, the coaches are spacious and have bigger side berths, LED reading lights, snacks table and bio-toilets system installed in them. Also, every compartment has separate mobile and laptop charging points.
Bhopal railway division PRO IA Siddiqui said, "The new model rake of luxury coaches is equipped with modern amenities. Each seat has jerk-less springs that will prevent any bumps being felt by passengers."
Indian Railways launched the ambitious pilot project in 2011 to revamp interiors of rail coaches of all reserved classes in a bid to create a 'homely' atmosphere during rail journeys.
Railways entrusted West Central Railway (WCR) zone to design model coaches for bringing about this massive changes in trains.
As per plans, 111 coaches are to be manufactured by CRWS of which 87 would be non AC, 17 would be for AC 3 tier, 5 for AC 2 tier and one each for AC 1 and chair car. While AC coaches have been built at the cost of Rs 70 lakh, sleeper coaches cost Rs 49 lakh.
Officials of CRWS said after completion of trial run, report would be send to Railway Board and following its clearance, this new model rake of coaches will first be introduced in ISO certified trains and Rajdhani Expresses.
CRWS will then launch phase two of luxury coaches. It also has plans of manufacturing executive class chair car coaches for Shatabdi Express after successful testing of the model rake.
LUXURY ON WHEELS
· Seats equipped with jerk-less springs
· LED reading lights, snacks table in side berths
· Spacious seats, wider side berths
· Multi mobile charging points
· Fire extinguishers on both side of coach
· Water bottle holder next to every seat
· Green toilet system with soap case and dustbin
· Fire-proof seats made of poly vinyl material
· Floor of the coach painted like carpet
· Middle berths have side support and railing instead of chain
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Ajay Mishra aka Kalingas (Cuttack and Kolkata)
3. Akhil (Ernakulam)
4. Amit Singh (Bangalore and Mysore)
5. Amjad Khan (Chennai)
6 .Anand Gaurav (12253 Anga Express)
7. Anand Nambyar (Howrah, Bangalore,Ernakulam,Mysore and Kapurthala )
8. Anirudh Iyer (Bangalore)
9. Arun Singh Rajpurohit(Bangalore)
10. Apurba Jyoti Mazumder (Kolkata Airport)
11. Arkya Chatterjee (Kolkata and Varanasi)
12. Ashok (Bangalore and Hyderabad)
13. Avinash Venkatachalam (Palghat)
14. Broad Gauge (Kolkata, Varanasi and Bangalore)
15. Charles(Delhi)
16. Dheleepan(Chennai)
17. Diptiranjan aka IRI Chanakya (Bangalore)
18. Dipyaman Basu (Kolkata, Bangalore, CBE, Chennai and Varanasi)
19. Dr. Bikram aka MGR (Howrah and Bangalore)
20. Farid Sheikh (Mumbai)
21. Ganesh Tiwari (Howrah)
22. Gopalakrishnan (Coimbatore and Kolkata)
23. G.Rajasekhar (Hyderabad)
24, Hareesh Mangalam (Palghat)
25. Harris Kiran (Bangalore)
26. Husnain (Kolkata on 7th April )
27. Hussain (Mumbai and Pune)
28. Hussain Sabir (Pune)
29. Jayaraj Charan (Coimbatore and Kapurthala)
30. Jeevan Paul (Eluru )
31. Jitesh Chhabra(Bhopal)
32. Joydeep Roy (Kolkata and Kapurthala)
33. K.S Gopal (Bangalore and Mysore)
34. Kanishk Mitra (Kolkata)
35. Krishna Kumar Kottavalasa (Bangalore and Mysore).
36. Krishna Prasad I (Bangalore)
37. Krutharth Kulkarni (Pune)
38. Kush Kalra(Delhi)
39. M.S.Narayanan (Bangalore and Kapurthala)
40. Mahaveer Jain (Bangalore)
41. Mahesh Sundaram(Chennai)
42. Manit Agarwal(Bhopal)
43. Moderator (Kolkata)
44. Murlidhar (Chennai, Bangalore and Ernakulam)
45. Nadeem Khan (Mumbai and Pune)
46. Nazeer (Coimbatore, Chennai, Kolkata and Ernakulam)
47. Piyush Bhilegaonkar (Pune )
48. Prabhu (Coimbatore)
49. Pradeep aka Minti (Bangalore ,Mysore,Ernakulam and Kapurthala)
50. Pradyu (Vizag)
51. Pramodh (Bangalore,CBE,Chennai,Varanasi,Mysore,Ernakulam,M umbai Palakkad, Pune and Kapurthala)
52. Raam (Vizag)
53. Rahul Bond (Bangalore)
54. Rahul Jain aka AAP (Hyderabad)
55. Rahul Warrier (Mumbai)
56. Rajkiran Singh (Mumbai and Pune)
57. Ravi Prajapati (Mumbai)
58. Rohit Kumar Singh(Delhi)
59. Roshan Iyengar (Mysore on 31st March )
60. Roshan Sasidharan (Trivandrum and Bangalore)
61. S.K.Mangla(Delhi)
62. Sabyasachi Ghosh (Kolkata, Chennai and Varanasi)
63. Sagar Pradhan(Delhi)
64. Sai Jinendra (Chennai and Kolkatal)
65. Saikat Ghose (Kolkata and Kapurthala)
66. Satinath Mondal(Kapurthala)
67. Saurav Singh Chikara (Pune)
68. Shahnawaz (Delhi)
69. Shashank Bhat (Bangalore, CBE, Mysore and Kapurthala)
70. Shishir Dubey (Mumbai)
71. Shiva(Chennai)
72. Sivakumar Govindarajan(Chennai)
73. Shubhojit Chatterjee (Kolkata)
74. Siddharth aka BMRTC (Bangalore)
75. Soumitra Chawathe (Varanasi and Pune)
76. Sourabh (Kolkata,Varanasi and Kapurthala)
77. Srinivas.G.Phani (Delhi)
78. Stevenson(Delhi)
79. Subawarana Kohilan (Coimbatore)
80. Subhash Dhawala (Howrah, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Vizag)
81. Sudershan (Bangalore)
82. Suresh Reddy(Chennai)
83. Suresh Sirvi (Bangalore , Mysore and Chennai)
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85. Syed Abbas Jafri(Delhi)
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87. Titus Persis Bhat(Bangalore)
88. Ujjawal Sinha(Patna)
89. Venkat (Hyderabad and Chennai)
90. Vijayaditya (Bangalore)
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92. Vikramjeet Moitra (Kolkata)
93. Vinay Bharadwaj (Bangalore and Mumbai)
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95. Vishwanath (Samalkot)
96. Wrik (Kolkata, Chennai and Varanasi)
97. Zahaib (Delhi and Bangalore)
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100. Shashikiran Gangolli Bhat (Bangalore)
101. Sanjay Soni (Kolkata Airport)
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