Summers are here, and summers are synonymous with vacations! If you too gearing up for a mind-blowing vacation trip that involves a train journey, then you might need to keep in mind these 6 changes that have been introduced by the Indian Railways.
Over the years the Railways have been striving to make your journeys better and more comfortable and with these 6 new technical changes introduced by them, they have come a step further.
They revamped their ticket-booking website
Say goodbye to the irritating experience that was using the IRCTC’s ticketing website. To enhance its experience, IRCTC recently revamped its ticketing website. Now you can inquire or search for trains, and check the availability of seats without logging into the website. The website also lets users filter the search results on the basis of destination, departure/arrival time wise as well as on the basis of different quotas.
Introduction of Deen Dayalu coaches
Indian Railways have introduced coaches called ‘Deen Dayalu’ with facilities like mobile charging points, potable drinking water, and bio-toilets for passengers who travel in the general class of mail and express trains. These coaches also have pleasing exterior and interior color schemes with anti-graffiti measures. 700 ‘Deen Dayalu’ coaches will be added to the trains by the end of this year.
1st automatic food vending machine installed aboard a train
Earlier this month, the Indian Railways installed an automatic food vending machine aboard the Coimbatore-Bengaluru UDAY Express, the first such machine on an Indian train. The vending machine is loaded with various snacks including biscuits, packaged foods, along with many cold and hot beverages- tea/coffee aerated drinks, canned juices etc.
India got its first CNG train
The Railways introduced the country’s first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-run train in 2015 on the Northern zone’s Rewari-Rohtak section. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emission and consumption of diesel.
India gets its first semi high-speed train: Gatiman Express
Nearly two years back, India got its first semi high-speed train, which is currently the country’s fastest train, Gatiman Express. It covers the nearly 200-km-long distance between Delhi and Agra in just 100 minutes by operating at a maximum speed of 160 Km/h. The train is equipped with sliding doors in the coaches, fire alarm, high power emergency brakes and a GPS+based passenger information system.
India to soon get its 1st bullet train
The Indian government and Railways are working to give the country its first-ever high-speed bullet train which will cover the distance of over 500 km between Ahmedabad and Mumbai in less than three hours.
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