Indian Railways makes arrangements for the travel of people of all classes and many steps are taken to make the travel of passengers easy. Railways has not only expanded the network but has also worked to make the train coaches very luxurious and comfortable. Now there are many types of coaches in trains, which make their journey very enjoyable. Railway coaches are divided into different categories. In which passengers book tickets according to their budget and facilities. Till now you must have seen SL, 1A, 2A, 3A, 2S and CC class coaches in any train.
But now a new coach is also being seen on which M1, M2 etc. are written. In the year 2021, some coaches were added to the train by the Railways with better facilities of AC-3 i.e. 3A category coach. This coach is known as M code. However, till now this facility has been provided in only a few trains.
Know what is M coach in train
AC-3 economy coaches in railways are newer than the old AC-3 tier. They are equipped with modern facilities. The design of these coaches has also been improved as compared to earlier. Let us tell you that in AC-3 economy coach, a separate AC duck has been installed for the passenger on each seat. Along with this, bottle stand, reading light and charging facility has been provided for every seat. This provides a lot of convenience to the passengers. AC-3 has 72 seats. Whereas 11 more seats have been added in AC-3 economy. Due to which the total number of seats in it becomes 83.
How is AC-3 Economy different from AC-3 Tier?
AC-3 Economy class is also a coach like AC-3 Tier. It has all the facilities of AC-3 Tier, along with some additional facilities. But the biggest difference is that the trains which have AC-3 Tier coaches, do not have AC-3 Economy coaches. The name AC-3 Economy has been given to the new coach of AC-3.