New Delhi/Chennai: The Indian Railways is going all out to change the look of the trains and make travelling a world-class experience for people. Among other things, the colour of the train coaches are being changed and they are being given different shades.


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Following are some of the new coaches that were seen at the New Delhi Railway station:





Meanwhile, production of the high-speed 'engine-less' Train-18 embellished with a host of amenities for passengers is underway and its rollout is expected soon. Driven by a self-propulsion module sans a separate locomotive, the train, capable of running at a speed of 160 kmph, an Integral Coach Factory official said on Wednesday, as per PTI.


The indigenously built train, with a seating capacity of 1128 passengers in 16 coaches/chair cars, comes with super-comfortable seating, automatic doors, vacuum toilets, space for wheelchairs and disabled friendly restrooms.


With its swanky interiors and exteriors, fibreglass reinforced plastic nose cone, it resembles European semi-high speed trains, as per reports.


Moreover, the trains come with latest generation bogies for better riding comfort. It has diffused lighting, automatic doors and footsteps beside GPS-based Passenger Information System.


The footstep in a coach's doorway slides outward when the train stops at a station enabling the passengers to alight safely with comfort in view of the variation in height between a train's floor and the platform. The train has a wheel mounted brake disc which enables halting the train in a jiffy.


Currently, two 'train sets', are scheduled to be produced in the current year (2018-19) and the first unit's rollout is expected by July, the official told the news agency. A train set means an integrated, complete set of individual coaches and in the case of Train-18 it features an assembly of 16 coaches or chair cars. ICF manufactured 2503 coaches of 68 variants during 2017-18.


(With Agency inputs)