India Flags off it's First Superfast Double-Decker Train
Indian Railways have move to technological upgradation with the Railways flagging off its first air-conditioned (AC) double-decker chair-car train between Howrah and Dhanbad on 1 Oct. Now India will be listed into the league of Europe and North America where multi-deck trains have been moving since a decade now.
“Although India had started it first double-decker non-AC coaches on the Mumbai-Surat line way back in the 70s, it could not really take off,” said a railway official. The double-decker trains are not entirely a new phenomenon in India. For running passenger coaches on diesel traction, tracks have technical standard dimensions which can stand the load of double-decker coaches. “Sleeper-type for more details....
“Although India had started it first double-decker non-AC coaches on the Mumbai-Surat line way back in the 70s, it could not really take off,” said a railway official. The double-decker trains are not entirely a new phenomenon in India. For running passenger coaches on diesel traction, tracks have technical standard dimensions which can stand the load of double-decker coaches. “Sleeper-type for more details....
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