Rail Budget 2016: Antyodaya Express and Deen Dayalu Coaches to be introduced for the Unreserved Passenger

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Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today proposed to introduce the Antyodaya Express, a long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, for the common man to be operated on dense routes.

He also said that two to four ‘Deen Dayalu’ coaches will be added in some long distance trains for unreserved travel to enhance the carrying capacity. These coaches will also have facility for potable  water and a higher number of mobile charging points.