Coaches with panoramic view soon for Nilgiri Rly
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:26.02.2019
In a few days, passengers travelling on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) — on the UNESCO world heritage site — in Ooty, will be able to enjoy a wider view of the scenic route.
Integral coach factory (ICF) on Sunday despatched four new swankier coaches which will have larger windows that will enable a panoramic view.
The coaches that are currently being used on NMR are more than four decades old and have been refurbished and retrofitted time and again.
For the first time, ICF has taken up the task of designing and developing new age steel-bodied coaches for the NMR railway system.
A total of 15 coaches are being planned to be manufactured by ICF for the NMR. Of these, 12 coaches will make three rakes — each comprising of one first class, two second class seater and one luggage-cum-passenger car formation. The remaining three coaches will be spare coaches, an ICF official said. The first formation of one rake comprising four new stainless steel coaches for the NMR has just been rolled out from ICF and they are now being taken to Mettupalayam by rail.
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:26.02.2019
In a few days, passengers travelling on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) — on the UNESCO world heritage site — in Ooty, will be able to enjoy a wider view of the scenic route.
Integral coach factory (ICF) on Sunday despatched four new swankier coaches which will have larger windows that will enable a panoramic view.
The coaches that are currently being used on NMR are more than four decades old and have been refurbished and retrofitted time and again.
For the first time, ICF has taken up the task of designing and developing new age steel-bodied coaches for the NMR railway system.
A total of 15 coaches are being planned to be manufactured by ICF for the NMR. Of these, 12 coaches will make three rakes — each comprising of one first class, two second class seater and one luggage-cum-passenger car formation. The remaining three coaches will be spare coaches, an ICF official said. The first formation of one rake comprising four new stainless steel coaches for the NMR has just been rolled out from ICF and they are now being taken to Mettupalayam by rail.
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