IRCTC: According to the circular issued by the Railways, the economy coach of AC 3 (AC 3) has been unified in the normal AC three coach. That is, now you will have to pay the same fare for traveling in any coach in both.
AC3 Economy Coach: If you also often travel in the third AC (AC3) of the train, then you must know about this news. A decision taken by the Railways in the past has been changed. After this, traveling in 3rd AC will now be costlier than before. After the decision taken by the Railway Board, the fare of AC 3 Economy Coach will increase. Now those passengers will have to pay more for the journey, who travel in AC 3 economy coach.
Will have to pay the fare equal to normal AC 3 coach
Let us tell you that in AC 3 Economy Coach, the width of the berth is less as compared to the normal AC 3 coach and the leg space is also less. But now for traveling in these coaches also passengers will have to pay the fare of normal AC 3 coach. According to the circular issued by the Railways, the economy coach of AC 3 (AC 3) has been unified in the normal AC three coach.
There was a provision to pay 8 percent less rent
This means that now you will have to pay the same fare for normal AC 3 coach and AC 3 economy coach. There is a provision to pay 8 percent less fare for the first AC 3 economy coach ticket. Earlier there was no provision of blankets and linen in AC 3 economy coaches. But this system has also been started in the coaches from the third week of September.
Did not tell the date of implementation of the new system
The maximum number of seats in the LHB normal coach of third AC running till now is 72. But in AC 3 economy coach the seat increases to 83. This simply means that with the increase of 11 seats, the space between the berths and the width of the seat also decreased. No date has been given for the implementation of the new system in the circular issued by the Ministry of Railways. But this change will be implemented from the Advance Reservation Period.
Means now if you want to take AC 3 economy coach ticket then you will not get it. You can also get seat in AC 3 economy coach by taking AC 3 coach ticket. When this coach was developed on the German technology LHB (LHB Coach) platform, it was told that it has 15 percent more seats than the normal AC three coaches. For this reason, 8 percent less fare will be charged for traveling in it.