Etrains Blog

Indian Railways has continuously offered many amenities on trains to enhance the experience of passengers. The smart train window is the newest in the list of convenient features for passengers. As an experimental project, the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani train has mounted a smart window. The smart window guarantees passengers' privacy throughout the ride. The AC1 coach of the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani train has been fitted with smart windows for the time being. A high degree of optical quality, privacy, and reliability are supported by the smart windows. The smart window will become 'opaque' in color when the rail passenger on board the train switches on the light, which in turn thwarts external glare. The 'opaque' window feature would make it difficult for individuals outside the train to peep inside the coach, thus ensuring the privacy of the passenger during rail journey. The smart windows would also shield passengers from unnecessary lights and provide them with p...

By 2030, the Ministry of Railways aims to turn the Indian Railway network into Green Railways and has taken a range of measures to counter global warming and fight climate change. Indian Railways is taking another step towards a network of zero carbon emissions! According to the Railway Ministry, two 25 KV shunting engines have recently been designed at Kanchrapara Workshop in West Bengal. The ministry claimed that these newly built engines can also be powered by batteries. With this achievement, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said, the Kanchrapara Workshop in West Bengal became the country's first railway workshop with smokeless electric traction. By 2030, the Ministry of Railways aims to turn the Indian Railway network into Green Railways and has taken a range of measures to counter global warming and fight climate change. Railway electrification, green certification for structures or stations, improving the energy quality of trains and locomotives as well as fixed installations, ...