India has the fourth largest rail network in the world. Lakhs of passengers travel by Indian Railways every day. Like railways, metro facility is available in other metros including the capital Delhi. Thousands of passengers travel by metro every day to avoid the jams of metros and expensive auto-cab fares. But do you know how much a coach used in Indian Railways and a coach used in Metro costs. Know how much they cost.
Railway Train Coach
Do you know that Rail is called Lohpathgamini in pure Hindi. It means a vehicle traveling on an iron path. In fact, more than 80 percent steel is used in the manufacturing of railway engines and its coaches. Rail coaches and engines are manufactured in different factories of Indian Railways across the country. For example, manufacturing of an AC coach costs up to Rs 3 crore. Both steel and aluminum are used in preparing this coach. In this, the outer part of the coach is made of stainless steel while the inner part is made of aluminum. Apart from this, it costs Rs 1.25 crore to make a sleeper coach and about Rs 1 crore to make a general coach. The construction of a train including engine costs approximately Rs 66 crores. This cost can be more or less according to the modernity of the train.
Metro coach price
In most of the metro trains, you have to pay Rs. 4,6 or Rs. Must have seen 8 coaches. In which there are seats to sit on both sides. There is also space for standing and traveling in the middle. According to the information, at present the price of coaches imported from other countries falls in the range of Rs 8 to 9 crore. Whereas the price of domestically manufactured coaches is expected to be around Rs 7 to 8 crore. In such a situation, the cost of a metro train can be considered to be Rs 60 to 70 crores.
