Indian Railways creates POST COVID COACHES to ensure safer journey - Check amazing features

As Covid-19 pandemic continues to shake up the world, the battle to defeat the deadly virus is getting fiercer with every passing day. As coronavirus has changed a lot of things, Indian Railways too is all set to give passengers an altogether new experience in view of the pandemic. To ensure safe and sound journey in the wake of coronavirus spread, Indian Railways has manufactured a new type of coaches for trains that will transform the way passengers travel.  

Indian Railways’ production unit, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has developed a Post COVID Coach to fight COVID 19. This Post COVID Coach has design improvements in the coach like handsfree amenities, copper-coated handrails and latches, plasma air purification and titanium di-oxide coating for COVID free passenger journey.

Some of the special features these Post COVID Coaches of Indian Railways are:-

1. Handsfree amenities: Post COVID Coach is having handsfree amenities like foot-operated water tap and soap dispenser, foot-operated lavatory door (outside), foot-operated flush valve, foot-operated latches in lavatory door, outside washbasin with foot-operated water tap and soap dispenser and forearm operated handle on the compartment door.

2. Copper-coated handrails and latches: Post-COVID Coach equipped with copper-coated handrails & latches. Copper has anti-microbial properties. When the virus lands on copper, Ion blasts pathogen and destroys the DNA and RNA inside the virus.

3. Plasma air purification:  Post COVID Coach is having the provision of plasma air equipment in the AC duct. This plasma air equipment will sterilize the air and surfaces inside the AC coach using ionised air to make the coach Covid-19 and particulate matter resistant.  This provision will also improve the ion concentration from 100 ions/cm3 to more than 6000 ions/cm.

4. Titanium Dioxide coating:  Post COVID Coach is having Titanium Di-oxide coating in the coach. Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide Coating functions as photoactive material. This is an eco-friendly water-based coating that kills viruses, bacteria, mould, and fungal growth and most importantly enhances indoor air quality. It is non-toxic and approved by the food testing laboratory of the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA), CE certified.  TiO2 is considered to be a safe substance and is harmless to humans. This Titanium Di-oxide coating applied on washbasins, lavatory, seats & berths, snack table, glass window, floor, virtually every surface that comes in human contact.  Effective life of this coating is 12 months.