Traveling aboard the Chandigarh-New Delhi “Shatabdi” train (12045/46) will be a new experience now as the Indian Railways has upgraded the train to enhance the passenger experience by improving coach interiors and facilities to ‘gold’ category standards.
The Indian Railway, Chandigarh-Ambala Division on Saturday is all set to enhance the passenger experience, by upgrading coach interiors. Now, in the same fair passengers will be able to get more enriched facilities.
Under project ‘Swarna’ of Indian Railways, Chandigarh-Ambala division has upgraded the train by providing state of the art passenger facilities and much more secure atmosphere. The train made its first luxury run on 25 December, 2017, with an up gradation cost of Rs 2,22,107 per coach.
While addressing a Press conference, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Dinesh Chand Sharma said that, small efforts has been made by the Ambala division for the comfort of passengers. ‘Braille Signage’ are provided to indicate seat numbers and other instructions in the compartment area, gangway and lavatory area.
He said keeping the sanitary issue in mind, lavatories equipped with good quality SS bib cocks, automatic hygiene and odour controller, modular liquid soap container and personal seat cover dispenser have been provided.
Lavatory doors are also provided with the data sheet boards which indicate time of cleaning of lavatories.
Sharma further added that under project ‘Swarn’, Shatabdi’s walls wrapped with vinyl, coating of anti-abrasive paint on the luggage rack, curved compartments roof, gangway, lavatory roof. The train also have improved signage pantry walls.
To promote Tourism in India, beautiful and pleasing sceneries have also been displaced in the compartments. For better paint protection, exterior coach’s are covered with an anti-graffiti coating, he said.
Sharma told The Statesman that upgrading is made to maintain the standard for a long time. He also welcomed any other suggestions for upgrading facilities.