TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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Question
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Locomotive and coach facilities
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Bathroom and sink facilities
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Food and water facilities
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Air conditioner and sleeping facilities
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Detailed explanation-1: -As of March 2020, Indian Railways’ rolling stock consisted of 2, 93, 077 freight wagons, 76, 608 passenger coaches and 12, 729 locomotives. IR owns locomotive and coach-production facilities at several locations in India. It had 1.254 million employees as of March 2020, making it the world’s fourteenth-largest employer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Railways primarily operates fleet of electric and diesel locomotives, along with several compressed natural gas (CNG) locomotives. Steam locomotives are operated on a few World Heritage Sites and also run occasionally as heritage trains.
Detailed explanation-3: -Provision of stainless steel seats and partitions, knurling of door centre grip poles, air suspension bogies for better riding comfort, GPS based Passenger Information System (PIS), bigger windows with polycarbonate panes, automatic sliding door system in Air-conditioned EMU rakes etc. in suburban trains.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is a state-owned electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. It is located at Chittaranjan in Asansol. It is one of the largest locomotive manufacturers in the world. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works has supplied many types of locomotives.