Facilities for General Sleeper Class is continuously
being improved upon and now Non Air Conditioned sleeper class coaches
are being provided with snack tables, bottle holders, magazine bags and
mobile/laptop charging socket etc.
Beside, these sleeper class coaches are also being covered under various coach housekeeping schemes viz., frequent cleaning of coaches on run on select trains under On Board Housekeeping scheme, enroute cleaning of coaches at nominated stations under ‘Clean Tain Station Scheme’.
The number of passengers of sleeper class during the year 2011-12 is 332.16 million and the revenue accrued from them as fare is Rs. 7261.5 crore. The number of passengers of other classes is 7892.23 million and the revenue earned from other classes as fare is Rs. 20984.84 (both Suburban and Non Suburban classes).
A total number of 382 second class sleeper coaches have been planned to be manufactured in Production Units of Indian Railways during current year i.e. 2012-13.
During the period 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2012, a total number of 288 second sleeper class coaches have been used for permanent augmentation of Mail/Express/Passenger trains. Besides, attachment of coaches including second class sleeper class coaches in trains is an ongoing process on Indian Railways and is done keeping in view the traffic pattern of different class of passengers, operational feasibility, commercial viability and availability of resources.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Beside, these sleeper class coaches are also being covered under various coach housekeeping schemes viz., frequent cleaning of coaches on run on select trains under On Board Housekeeping scheme, enroute cleaning of coaches at nominated stations under ‘Clean Tain Station Scheme’.
The number of passengers of sleeper class during the year 2011-12 is 332.16 million and the revenue accrued from them as fare is Rs. 7261.5 crore. The number of passengers of other classes is 7892.23 million and the revenue earned from other classes as fare is Rs. 20984.84 (both Suburban and Non Suburban classes).
A total number of 382 second class sleeper coaches have been planned to be manufactured in Production Units of Indian Railways during current year i.e. 2012-13.
During the period 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2012, a total number of 288 second sleeper class coaches have been used for permanent augmentation of Mail/Express/Passenger trains. Besides, attachment of coaches including second class sleeper class coaches in trains is an ongoing process on Indian Railways and is done keeping in view the traffic pattern of different class of passengers, operational feasibility, commercial viability and availability of resources.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Source : PIB Release, 01 March, 2013
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