Middle Berth to the 2 side berths
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(Taken from the Indian Express 20th )
Rly Minister says ‘Add a Middle Berth’ to the 2 side berths
Sleeper coaches have 72 berths and AC 3 Tier have 64 berths.
Now 9 berths have been added in Non A/C and 8 in A/C Sleepers.
The catch word of the Rly official is this:
“In any case, this space is normally occupied during the day by short distance unreserved travellers or wait listed passengers.”
“This may also discourage U/R travellers from boarding reserved compartment since there would be no space to accommodate them anymore.”
Rajdhanis will be exempted from this exercise.
Funds haves been allotted and retrofitting work on each coach would cost
around Rs 1,50,000.
RDSO has approved the modified design and got also safety clearance to go ahead with the retrofitting in our workshops.
Why this ?
A/C 3rd class passengers increased from 20.61 million in
2005-06 to 23.89 million in 2006-07.
Sleeper class passengers rose from 177 million to 205 million in the same period.
Venkat from Madras, 20th 2.15 pm.
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You are correct Sir. It is very difficult for a passenger. If a person allotted to the side middle berth and if he needs a change no body will come forward. Or it should be alloted only to children.