Rajendra B. Aklekar@rajtoday
Non-AC door closing EMU local train that arrived at Kurla carshed in Mumbai. Here are the key differences:
*The coach is built on an AC EMU shell, but maintaining the various classes of first class (with cushion seats), ladies, the disabled one and others. Hence though vestibular, it has physical partitions to segregate these coaches.
*The windows are wider 1,900m with sliding glass panels like buses as compared to 900m windows in existing trains.
*The blowers are powerful forcing 10,000 cubic m/hr air into the coach, with two such units in every coach which means 20,000 cubic m/hr air in each coach.
*The leg space between the two seats has been increased for a comfortable seating and wider gangway.
*The luggage compartment at either end of the train is two times larger than the existing ones.
*The doors have been shut and along with glass panels on the top, to improve air circulation, these coaches feature louvered doors (slatted) that allow air movement while keeping doors closed for safety.
