Fantastic news for rail passengers! 😀
The Indian Railways has announced four important updates for train travellers.
The four updates are as follows:
1) Mumbai – Delhi Rajdhani Express now has smart coaches
2) Cooked meal service restored in several trains
3) This popular train upgraded with LHB and vistadome coaches
4) Pod retiring rooms introduced at the Mumbai Central Railway Station
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Here are the complete details:
Mumbai – New Delhi now upgraded with new Tejas rakes
To ensure better facilities and utmost convenience to the passengers, the Indian Railways has replaced three rakes of train no. 12953/12954 Mumbai Central – Hazrat Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express with Tejas rakes.
These coaches are equipped with digital destination boards, automatic plug doors, fire alarms, detection and suppression systems, toilet occupancy sensors and many more high-end amenities.
Check out the official confirmation by the Western Railway with complete details:
Now, Mumbai Central – H. Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express is being run with Tejas rake, making experience of passengers more comfortable.
These smart coaches of tejas rake provides world-class facilities to passengers with the help of intelligent sensor-based systems. pic.twitter.com/kdnLT47Uax
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) December 13, 2021
Indian Railways restores cooked meal service in many popular trains
The Indian Railways has decided to resume catering services with freshly cooked meals in premium trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas and Gatiman.
Tap here to check the full list of trains along with other important details.
Visakhapatnam – Kirandul train upgraded with LHB and vistadome coaches
Great news for train passengers! Railways has upgraded Visakhapatnam – Kirandul train with LHB and vistadome coaches! As per the East Coast Railway, with the upgradation of the Visakhapatnam – Kirandul train, passengers will be provided with better comfort and a jerk-free journey. This facility will enhance safety with a better ride experience as well as lesser noise. Apart from these features, LHB coaches are fire retardant, have better design and low maintenance.
State-of-the-art POD concept retiring rooms at the Mumbai Central Railway Station
Indian Railways has unveiled its first-ever ‘POD’ concept retiring rooms at the Mumbai Central Railway Station. ‘POD’ rooms are affordable hotel rooms that are equipped with basic necessities in a compact form.
Each POD will provide free Wi-Fi access, a luggage room, toiletries, shower rooms, washrooms in common areas whereas inside the POD the guest can avail facilities like TV, small locker, mirror, adjustable air conditioner and air filter vents, reading lights in addition to interior light, mobile charging, smoke detectors, DND Indicators, etc.
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