The vistadome coaches introduced by the Central Railway (CR) have received a good response and managed to attract more than 1.29 lakh passengers between April 2022 to February 2023.
CR has been operating vistadome coaches in trains to Goa and Pune from Mumbai.
Officials said that vistadome coaches feature transparent glass tops on the roof and wide window panes for passengers to enjoy breathtaking views of valleys, rivers and waterfalls along the Mumbai-Goa route and the Western Ghats on Mumbai-Pune route. From April last year to February 2023, the vistadome coaches generated a revenue of ₹17.16 crore from 1.29 lakh passengers.
The Mumbai-Madgaon Janshatabdi Express is leading the way with an occupancy of over 100% after carrying 23,939 passengers thus registering revenue of ₹4.72 crore.
Deccan Queen has seen an occupancy of 99% with a revenue of ₹2.03 crore, while Deccan Express recorded 100% occupancy with 27,370 passengers and generated a revenue of ₹1.83 crore.
Vistadome coaches have been attracting passengers in the past few months as they have added these coaches to popular trains like Deccan Queen, Deccan Express, Janshatabdi, Pragati Express and Tejas Express. Of these, Mumbai-Pune Pragati Express and CSMT-Karmali Tejas Express were added with vistadome coaches in July and September last year, respectively.
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