Indian Railway: How do you know inside the coach whether it is First, Second or Third AC? This is the difference between the three

Indian Railways has a huge network spread across the country. It connects the border areas of the country to big metros. For this reason, Indian Railways is called the lifeline of the nation. Keeping in view the convenience of the passengers, Indian Railways is operating thousands of trains across the country. Lakhs of passengers travel in these trains every day. Indian Railways has made many rules to make the journey of the passengers convenient.

You get many types of classes to travel in the train like Sleeper, Third AC, Second AC and First AC etc. However, the ticket fare is also different according to the class. At the same time, have you ever thought about what is the difference between the first, second and third AC of the train? If not, then today we are going to tell you about this. Let's know -

Third AC
Third AC and Sleeper class coaches are similar. There is not much difference between these two. The only difference between the two is AC. Sleeper class does not have AC. On the other hand, the berths in AC coaches are on the basis of 3-3-2.

Second AC
Second AC class is quite different from Third AC. There are many differences between them. The number of seats in Second AC is less than Third AC. The berths in Second AC are on the basis of 2-2-2.

For this reason, the crowd in Second AC class is less. There is no middle berth in Second AC. Apart from this, the fare of Second AC is higher than Third AC.

First AC
First AC coaches are installed in important long distance trains. In this, you get berths with two and four seats. In First AC, the four berth is called cabin. Apart from this, the two berth is called crew. The fare of First AC is quite high.

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