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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
November 27, 2015, NewsCrunch
Indian Railways want to change the way you think of train travel.
It is building luxury coaches under Make in India programme which make these trains look out of the world.
The coaches are spacious, have wide side berths, reading lights and bio-toilets system.
They also come with ergonomic jerk-less seats, aestheic interiors done in bright colours.
Interestingly, the new coaches try to bring luxury to the common man.
According to Zee News Indian Railways is initially building 100 luxury coaches. 87 of them are for non AC, 17 for AC 3 tier, 5 for AC 2 tier and one each for AC 1 and chair car.
Each AC coach costs of Rs 70 lakh to build, while the cost on sleeper coach is Rs 49 lakh .
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted pictures of the new designer coaches.
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
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| A photo of the new designer coach tweeted by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu |
