Monday, October 03, 2011

India's first superfast double-decker train flagged off


KOLKATA: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Saturday 
flagged off the country's first 
double-decker 
superfast train from Howrah in West Bengal to Dhanbad in Jharkhand.
The 12383 Up/12384 Dn fully air-conditioned Howrah-Dhanbad Express will run five days a week.
"It has much more comfort level than other trains. It is India's first double-decker train," said a senior Eastern Railway official.
The train, comprising nine coaches, including seven air-conditioned double-decker chair cars, will have 128 seats in each coach and two generator cars

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