Indian Railways unveils new Swarna Rajdhani coaches: All you want to know

Indian Railways unveils new Swarna Rajdhani coaches: All you want to know

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways today unveiled its new ‘Swarna’ coaches of the Rajdhani Express with facilities such as ‘auto janitor’ system in toilets and LED lighting. This is part of the railways’ efforts to overhaul old and damaged coaches of all trains, starting with premium trains.

The new Swarna coaches have initially been provided in the Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani. They were upgraded at a cost of about Rs 35 lakh, the railways said

The features include complete painting of the interiors to an aesthetic international colour scheme and LED lighting to improve illumination.

These coaches also have ‘auto janitor’ system in toilets, faucets, stainless steel washbasins, improved soap dispensers, better quality dustbins and carefully chosen locations for ergonomic convenience.

The train has also been fitted with night signage for easy identifications of berths.

It also has built-in ladders for First AC passengers for easy access to upper berths, CCTV cameras in doorway areas and aisles to monitor any suspect activity with data storage.

The train, the first of its kind, also has improved features like newly-designed bags with extra pockets for mobiles, LED lighting over mirrors, vinyl wrapping of toilet doors for improved aesthetics, epoxy coating in toilets, provisioning of extra mats in toilets and polished commodes and basins to make them odour-free in every trip.

This passenger initiative would be extended to another three trains of Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani and two trains of Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani and the Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Express.

Based on extensive research, the following features have been introduced by the ER on 1st prototype Rajdhani Rake which is also the first on Indian Railways.

Key highlights:

* Complete interior painting to an aesthetic International colour scheme and LED lighting to improve illumination.

* Better hygiene by providing ‘auto janitor’ system in toilets.

* Health faucets, stainless steel wash basins, improved soap dispenser

* Night signage for easy identifications of berths

* Blanket covers for First AC passengers of two different colours to ensure separate cover in to and fro journey.

* Built in ladders for First AC passengers for easy access to upper berth

* CCTV cameras in doorway area and aisles

* New design magazine bags with extra pocket for mobile

* LED lighting over mirrors

* Polished commodes and basins to make them odour free in every trip

Source : ET