To fulfil the growing requirement of comfort and to provide commuters of suburban section a cool cozy environment in trains, Eastern Railway is planning to run state-of-the-art 12-car 3-phase AC EMU rake. Two such ICF make EMU rakes will arrive shortly in Sealdah Division. These AC locals, loaded with ultra modern features, will provide a comfortable journey for the office goers in this tropical climatic conditions. The arrival of these two rakes denotes the beginning of new era of suburban EMU locals in West Bengal, benefitting lakhs of passengers performing to & fro journey from central business district of City of Joy.
The salient technical features of these AC EMU rakes are as follows:
The rake Operates on 25 KV AC traction with maximum speed upto 110 kmph. All the 12 coaches of the rake are fully Air-Conditioned by 2×15 ton RMPUs fitted in every coach. The coaches are made of Stainless steel body with straight side walls. All the 12-coaches of the rake are end to end connected by sealed wider vestibule gangways.
All the AC EMU coaches have 04 electrically operated double leaf automatic sliding doors in each side. The coaches having wide and large double sealed glass windows providing panoramic view. 3 seater stainless steel seats are provide in all the coaches. Total seating capacity of the rake is approximately 1100. All the coaches are covered by CCTV surveillance. Passenger talk-back facility is available in each coach of the rake for emergency. Wear resistant rubber floor top, Aluminium extruded modular luggage rack & GPS based LED displays for passenger information and announcement system are provided in each coach of the rake to enhance passenger amenity and comfort.
This rake has an additional safety feature to avoid fall or accidental injury of any passenger leaning out of the train compartments. The doors of the train will open only after arriving at stations and will close before departing from the stations and remain close while on run for safety reasons. The control of the door will remain with the Driver/Guard who will operate the doors of the train compartments.
However, the route & fare of these new EMU trains have not yet been finalised. It requires some trial & survey after arrival of the new AC EMU rakes in Sealdah Division.
