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India's Bullet Trains to have these Facilities

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   12 Jun 2017 7:55 AM GMT
Indias Bullet Trains to have these Facilities
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Indian Railways is planning to acquire 25 E5 Shinkasen series bullet trains from Japan by spending as much as Rs 5,000 crore for the first-ever bullet train project. These bullet trains will be kept available for operation on the high-speed corridor between Mumbai & Ahmedabad.

E5 Shinkasen series bullet train is a 731-seater 10 coach high-speed train. All you need to know about this new generation high-speed train…

1) Multi-Purpose Rooms: Rooms for Baby dress/diaper Changing, Breast Feeding and Sick Passengers.

2) Baby Toilet Seats & Low-Height Sink for Children hand wash

3) Spacious Toilets for wheelchair-bound Passengers

4) Separate Restrooms & Toilets for Men and Women. Wall-mounted Type Urinals for Men.

5) Urinals and Toilets in alternate coaches. While Toilets will be installed in Coach Number 1,3,5,7 and 9, Urinals will be set up in Coach Number 2,4,6 and 8.

6) Washrooms for Men and Women will be one and the same.

7) Extra-luggage space for Business-class Passengers.

8) Each Bullet Train will have 55 Business Class Seats and 698 Standard Class seats.

9) Travelling Time is estimated to be 2 hours 7 minutes for covering 508 km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

10) India's first ever bullet train project costs Rs 1 lakh crore.