The much awaited fully air conditioned double-decker trains between Delhi-Jaipur and Mumbai-Ahmedabad are set to be launched soon as both of them have got safety clearance. 

While the Delhi-Jaipur service will be launched on August 16, the railways plan to start another double-decker service between Mumbai and Ahmedabad also this month.

There is already an AC double-decker train operational between Howrah and Dhanbad. There were certain modifications in the manufacturing design for the Jaipur and Mumbai route. The coaches are being manufactured at Kapurthala coach factory.

The AC double-decker will depart from Jaipur at 6 a.m. and would reach Delhi Cantonment at 10.05 a.m. and Delhi Sarai 10.30 a.m. The train will leave Sarai Rohilla at 5:35 pm and reach Jaipur at 10:05 pm.

If passengers want to avoid the traffic rush of Delhi, they can board the train at Delhi Cantt, from where it will depart at 5:55 pm. There will be just three stoppages: Delhi Cantt, Gurgaon and Gandhi Nagar between Sarai Rohilla and Jaipur

As for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad service, the AC double-decker train will leave Mumbai Central at 6 am and reach Ahmedabad at 1 p.m. In the return direction, train will leave Ahmedabad at 2.20 p.m. and reach Mumbai Central at 9.40 p.m.

The AC double-decker coach has a seating capacity of 120 and every coach has fire extinguishers on its gate. Equipped with fully automatic doors, each coach has 8 emergency windows, mini pantry including fridge and microwave.

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