Humsafar Express is a fully premium service with AC-3 Tier and Sleeper class accommodation having all the modern facilities designed and operated by
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
. "Humsafar" is an
Urdu
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word meaning "co-passenger" The first service was inaugurated on 16 December 2016 between
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the West Rapti River, Rapti river in the Purvanchal , Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of ...
and ,
New Delhi
New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...
. The fares of Humsafar Express at the time of launch are around 15–20% higher compared to normal AC-3 tier and Sleeper class fares.
Features
The features included for its fleets are:
* In the month of September 2019, Railways decided to add Sleeper class to provide better service to middle class passengers.
* Railways has added a
changing table
A changing table is a small raised platform designed to allow a person to change a child's diaper. It has been estimated that a child will have used 2400 diapers before it has become 1 year old, which equates to about 6.6 diapers per day. Most ch ...
for babies in the toilet.
*
Vending machines are installed for
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...
,
coffee
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and
milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. ...
.
* 110 V DC electric ports and USB ports are provided for each passenger.
* Reading lights for each passenger.
* More comfortable berths than the previous 3-tier AC sleeper rakes.
* Seat-number stickers are
braille
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-integrated.
* Each compartment has Bio-toilets fitted for proper disposal of human waste.
* The exterior of coaches has a futuristic look with the use of Vinyl sheets.
* GPS-based passenger information system at each end of the coach to display speed and station information on LED displays with voice announcements.
* Compartments are equipped with smoke alarms and
CCTV cameras
A closed-circuit television camera is a type of surveillance camera that transmits video signals to a specific set of monitors or video recording devices, rather than broadcasting the video over public airwaves. The term "closed-circuit televisi ...
to enhance passenger security.
* Heating chamber and refrigerating box are installed in each coach to preserve the food that was brought from home by the passengers.
* Curtains to maintain privacy and a dustbin to maintain cleanliness is provided in each cabin.
* Each coach has three odour control systems fitted across the aisle.
* Automatic doors
*
Khadi
Khadi (, ), derived from khaddar, is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi as Swadeshi movement, ''swadeshi (of homeland)'' for the freedom struggle of India and the term is used throughout the Indian sub ...
bedrolls are provided.
* It has 1.15 times the fare of
AC Super fast Express
However most of these Humsafar trains run with regular 3AC coaches without these enhancements. There are only a few trains that run with Humsafar coaches.
Active services
See also
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Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor
The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor (Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR) is an under-construction high-speed rail line, which will connect Mumbai, Maharashtra, the financial hub of India, with Ahmedabad, the largest city in the state of Gujara ...
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Vande Bharat Express
Vande Bharat Express is a medium to long-distance Higher-speed rail (Indian English: Semi-High Speed) Express trains in India#Superfast, Express train service. It is a Indian Railways#Ticketing and fares, reserved, air-conditioned chair car se ...
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Antyodaya Express
Antyodaya Express are a series of Economic Unreserved Superfast Express trains operated by Indian Railways. The trains were proposed to be overnight unreserved trains in the 2016 Railway budget of India. Antyodaya refers to the Rise of dusk in ...
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Tejas Express
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Uday Express
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Mahamana Express
Mahamana Express is a superfast express series trains operated by Indian Railways in India. Initially it was started using ICF coaches with substantially improved facilities as compared to other superfast express trains in India. As of June 202 ...
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Garib Rath Express
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Duranto Express
References
External links
{{Indian Railways
Railway services introduced in 2016
Named passenger trains of India