Happy journey! How Indian Railways is upgrading passenger travel experience across all types of trains

Train passengers are the reason to be happy! Indian railway train trips are ready to see a very good day because the national transporter wants to upgrade his coach in all sections of the journey - before the non-reserved sleeper before the AC!

We take a look at 5 significant ways in which travel experience on Indian Railways trains are getting a big face-lift

Train passengers are the reason to be happy! Indian railway trains are ready to see a very good day because the national transporter wants to upgrade its coach in all sections of the journey - before the non-reserved sleeper before the AC! In all types of trains and coaches, this upgraded passengers are being introduced and many new facilities are being provided for overall cleanliness and cleanliness. Recently, Indian Railways revised their menu for the capital, Durr on and Shatabdi express trains, with focus on quality rather than quantity. A new 'Rail on Main' app was launched to make travellers aware of food prices and to avoid the risk of overcharging by vendors.

But perhaps the most important part of the improvement is the fact that Indian Railways is looking for toilets more modular and clean. By March 2019, bio-toilets will be installed on all Indian trains. Several other changes are underway, the introduction of vacuum toilets (Bio-toilet), such as modular fittings, better ventilation and aircraft. Let us look at 5 important ways in which the travel experience on Indian railway trains is a big face.

1. Project Evolution: Under this ambitious project, Indian Railways is initially upgrading rake of 140 mail/express trains. For this purpose, 60 lakh rupees per rack has been approved and the project is expected to be completed by March 2019. The aim of the project is to upgrade the ICF-Design Coach and bring the equivalent of LHB coach in the comfort of passengers. Parameters like the increase for seats, berths, toilets, floors, exterior etc. have been identified. On the cleaning of the board, there is another big part of the project. 500 rakes will be upgraded in the second phase!

2. Operation Rider: The objective of this initiative is to upgrade 15 Century and 14 Rajdhani Express trains to 'Gold Standard' at a cost of Rs. 50 lakhs per rake. The upgrade is based on 10 parameters such as voluntary inletier, plush toilet, security and safety, on entertainment and cleaning. Many trains have already been given a new look and the project is expected to be completed by August-end.

3. Catering to the common man: In the last sixty years, Indian Railways has introduced several Antyodudi express trains for unreserved travellers. This new category of trains has been made keeping in mind the rest of the common man. Aniruddha Express is a completely unreserved train service which has very good and comfortable seats, coat-hooks, cushioned racks, additional mobile charging points and aqua guard guards. Apart from these trains, Indian Railways have also constructed Deenadialu Coach for Unreserved Travelers with the same comfort as the uncontrolled express. On the basis of demand, these coaches are connected to regular trains.

4. Premium Train Journey: From Tejas Express Train to Cognition Coach, the more popular Hummer Express - Indian Railways has given a new meaning for the premium travel on its network. While Tejas Express and Cognition Koch are an upgraded and more sophisticated version of Shatabdi Express trains, there are many aircraft-like features (personalized entertainment screens, helpful call buttons, reading lights, footrest), Hummer Express AC-3 Version Tier's Train Journey All-AC 3-level train service offers new comfort such as soup/coffee vending machine, smoke detectors, fire suppression system, comfortable seat etc. Recently, Indian Railways has launched a premium UDA Express double-decker train for business-class passengers. Chair Car Service is the first train to keep the automatic food vending machine!

5. Train 18 - The future of train travel in India: Set to roll out in early September, train 18 will eventually replace the Shatabdi Express trains on Indian Railway Network - but with the turn! Train 18 will be the first self-propelled engine of Indian Railways for low-traffic inter-city travel. In the context of the concept of self-propulsion, Train 18 will be an AC-AC Chair Car, just like Metro trains.

There will be automatic interconnecting doors in the train, WiFi and Infotainment, GPS based passenger information screens, new generation bogeys for jerk-free ride, continuous windows for better viewing experience and automatic interconnecting doors for automatic sliding steps on the door!

The semi-high speed train will be able to grow at 160 kmph and it is being constructed in Integral Coach Factory in Chennai.