Indian Railways gets first model rake of luxury 'Make in India' coaches

Updated: 11 Jan 2016, 11:11 AM IST

1 / 10 Luxury 'Make in India' coach Text: Rageshri Ganguly, TNN



The successful final mock run of Indian Railways' first model rake of luxury 'Make in India' railway coaches has been carried out. These passenger coaches have been designed by Bhopal's coach rehabilitation workshop (CRWS), Nishatpura.



The national transporter may soon roll out these coaches in trains. We take a look at what's special about the new 'Make in India' railway luxury coaches:

2 / 10 Beautiful interiors What sets apart these new coaches are jerk-less seats and beautiful interiors.

3 / 10 Purple seats Also, from the usual green or red seats, the new colour is purple that instantly gives a high-class look and feel, says Indian Railways.

4 / 10 LED reading lights Besides, the coaches are spacious and have bigger side berths, LED reading lights, snacks table and bio-toilets system installed in them.

5 / 10 Facilities Also, every compartment has separate mobile and laptop charging points.

6 / 10 Ambitious pilot project 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.

7 / 10 Plans 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.

8 / 10 Phases 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.

9 / 10 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 chains