AC Economy Factory: There is an important information for those who travel frequently in Garib Rath Express. There may be a change in the availability of AC Chair Car and Second AC options while booking reservations for these trains from next month. Indian Railways is planning to revise the coach configuration of Garib Rath trains. Currently, 26 Garib Rath trains are running on about 52 routes. These trains run weekly or several times a week. The fare for traveling in Garib Rath trains is less than Third AC and Chair Car in regular trains. It is estimated that the fare of Garib Rath coaches will be about 8 to 10 percent less than Economy AC Third Class. These trains were started during the tenure of former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. It has been decided to replace their old coaches with LHB coaches, which will be replaced with newly designed Economy AC coaches. AC Economy coaches are being manufactured at Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and Modern Coach Factory in Rae Bareli.
According to the Railway Ministry, the coaches of Garib Rath are about 18 years old. These were started in 2006. Since then, many changes have been made in the coaches keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers, but the passengers traveling in these trains are not getting the facilities. For this reason, a decision has been taken to upgrade them. According to the Railway Ministry, the old coaches include Second AC, Third AC and Chair Car. The new Garib Rath will have only Third AC coaches. That is, there will be no Second AC and Chair Car. Since the booking starts 120 days in advance, it is likely that the booking of Second AC and Chair Car will be stopped in Garib Rath from next month. Since a large number of coaches will be needed for this change, the option of Second AC and Chair Car will be gradually discontinued. There will be 81 seats in AC Economy, while the old coach had 72 berths. Fireproof material will be used in the berths. Apart from this, all the berths will have handles for hanging bottles, foldable snack tables, modern toilets and reading lights as well as USB charging points.
