The Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia, providing passengers an economical, safe and comfortable way to travel through the country. Most of us have enjoyed a train journey at some point in our lives, and if you are lucky, travelling in trains has even been an integral part of your childhood.
But have you ever noticed stripes painted on the train coaches in different colours? Sometimes yellow, sometimes white and sometimes even grey or red. Do you know what they mean?
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These stripes serve a very important purpose. They are painted in different colours above the last window of some coaches to separate them from the other coaches.
For example, white stripes painted on blue Railway coaches to indicate unreserved second-class coaches of a particular train. Therefore, with these stripes, passengers can easily identify the general coach when the train comes on the platform.
Similarly, broad yellow stripes are painted on blue/red coaches to indicate that the coaches are being used for sick or physically disabled passengers.
Along with this, grey coaches with green stripes indicate that they are reserved for women. Whereas, red stripes on grey coaches indicate that they are first class compartments in EMU/MEMU trains. Both these patterns are followed by Western Railways for Mumbai local trains.
These stripes are a part of the variety of symbols used by the Indian Railways to help passengers easily understand train-related information.
Now that you know what these stripes mean, don’t forget to share this information with your loved ones & help them easily differentiate between coaches the next time they travel!
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