Indian Railways is set to upgrade the old coaches of its trains to enhance customer experience. The renovation will include tray-tables and charging points for every seat, new fans, better seat covers, new taps in the toilets, photographs in the passages, etc in 2000 old coaches. This will be done at a cost of Rs. 600 crore.
Indian Railways, over the next few years, plans to do the same to 40,000 coaches of the 59,000 coaches on its trains.
As part of the upgradation, Indian Railways also plans to develop as many as 640 Utkrisht rakes in the next two years at a cost of Rs. 400 crore.
Another project by the national transporter called Project Swarn was launched to improve the condition of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains. Under this project, 14 Rajdhanis and 15 Shatabdis are being upgraded.
