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Indian Railways: Total number of AC, non-AC and must-know facts!
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More than 12000 trains run in India
More than 12000 passenger trains in India transport crores of passengers from one place to another. These include thousands of AC and non-AC coaches.
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How many AC and non-AC coaches the railway has?
Do you know how many AC and how many non-AC coaches the railway has? Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnav himself has given this information while answering a question in Parliament.
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Indian Railways has a total of 79000 coaches
According to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, there are a total of 79,000 coaches in Indian Railways at present. These include all types of coaches.
Railways has 23000 AC and 56000 non-AC coaches
At the same time, the total number of AC coaches in railways is 23000, while the number of non-AC coaches is 56000. That is, non-AC coaches are 70% of the total number.
Amrit Bharat has 12 sleeper, 8 general coaches
Railways has started completely non-AC Amrit Bharat trains, which have 12 sleeper and 8 general coaches. Coaches are increased many times as per the requirement of the passengers.
983 extra coaches added to railways till February in 2024-25
During the financial year 2023-24, 872 additional permanent coaches were added, while 983 coaches have been added till February in 2024-25.
India's station with the shortest name
There are about 8000 railway stations. The station with the shortest name in India is IB. This station built on the banks of Ib river in Odisha has only 2 letters in its name.
India's station with the longest name
At the same time, India's station with the longest name is Chennai's Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station. It has a total of 54 letters.