First AC double-decker train Started from Bengal in INDIA

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Railways flagging off its first air-conditioned (AC) double-decker chair-car train between Howrah and Dhanbad on Saturday oct 2 ,2011,
train from Howrah to Dhanbad.
- 12383 Up/12384 Dn fully air-conditioned Howrah-Dhanbad Express run five days a week
- It have 128 seats in each coach and two generator cars.
Railways flagging off its first air-conditioned (AC) double-decker chair-car train between Howrah and Dhanbad on Saturday oct 2 ,2011,
“Although India had started it first double-decker non-AC coaches on the Mumbai-Surat line way back in the 70s, it could not really take off,” said a railway official.
The double-decker trains are not entirely a new phenomenon in India. For running passenger coaches on diesel traction, tracks have technical standard dimensions which can stand the load of double-decker coaches. “
Sleeper-type Double-Decker trains are also expected by March 2012.

The double-decker trains are designed indigenously by Research Development and Standard Organisation and developed by Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthal

“Although India had started it first double-decker non-AC coaches on the Mumbai-Surat line way back in the 70s, it could not really take off,” said a railway official.
The double-decker trains are not entirely a new phenomenon in India. For running passenger coaches on diesel traction, tracks have technical standard dimensions which can stand the load of double-decker coaches. “
Sleeper-type Double-Decker trains are also expected by March 2012.

The double-decker trains are designed indigenously by Research Development and Standard Organisation and developed by Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

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