The Indian Railways has announced that it has added 92 general coaches in 46 long-distance trains. This comes after people have raised concerns on the cases of overcrowding in trains over the past week. 

Besides this, 22 other trains have also been identified for the addition of general coaches.

Take a look at the trains that have received additional coaches.

  • 15634/15633 Guwahati Bikaner Express
  • 15631/15632 Guwahati Barmer Express
  • 15630/15629 Silghat Town Tambaram Nagaon Express
  • 15647/15648 Guwahati Lokmanya Tilak Express
  • 15651/15652 Guwahati Jammu Tawi Express
  • 15653/15654 Guwahati Jammu Tawi Express
  • 15636/15635 Guwahati Okha Express
  • 12510/12509 Guwahati Bengaluru Superfast Express
  • 15909/15910 Dibrugarh Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express
  •  20415/20416 Varanasi Indore Super Fast Express
  •  20413/20414 Kashi Mahakal Varanasi Indore Superfast Express
  •  13351/13352 Dhanbad Alappuzha Express
  •  14119/14120 Kathgodam Dehradun Express
  •  12976/12975 Jaipur Mysore Superfast Express
  •  17421/17422 Tirupati Kollam Express
  •  12703/12704 Howrah Secunderabad Falaknuma Express
  •  12253/12254 Bengaluru Bhagalpur Express
  •  16527/16528 Yesvantpur Kannur Express
  •  16209/16210 Ajmer Mysore Express
  •  12703/12704 Howrah Secunderabad Express
  •  16236/16235 Mysore Tuticorin Express
  •  16507/16508 Jodhpur Bangalore Express
  •  20653/20654 KSR Bengaluru City Belgaum Superfast Express
  •  17311/17312 Chennai Central Hubli Superfast Express
  •  12253/12254 Bengaluru Bhagalpur Anga Express
  •  16559/16590 Bangalore City Sangli Rani Chennamma Express
  •  09817/09818 Kota Junction Danapur Superfast Express
  •  19813/19814 Kota Sirsa Express
  •  12972/12971 Bhavnagar Bandra Terminus Superfast Express
  •  19217/19218 Veraval Junction Mumbai Bandra Terminus Veraval Junction Saurashtra Janta Express
  •  22956/22955 Mumbai Bandra Terminus – Bhuj Kutch Superfast Express
  •  20908/20907 Bhuj Dadar Sayaji Nagari Superfast Express
  •  11301/11302 Mumbai Bengaluru Udyan Express
  •  12111/12112 Mumbai Amravati Superfast Express
  •  12139/12140 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Nagpur Sevagram Express

The Railway Ministry said, “These additional coaches installed in all these trains will provide a lot of relief to the general public in travelling.”

Overcrowding in trains

Recently, there has been a surge in the complaints of overcrowding seen in Indian trains. Several passengers posted videos online claiming their coaches were ridden with passengers without seats. 

This resulted in a growing concern for poorly-managed and overcrowded trains.

Recently, Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, had criticised the government on the issues saying the passengers of every class were being “harassed” due to a reduction in the number of general coaches and the promotion of ‘elite trains’.