The Central Railway is introducing its first Vistadome coach on the Mumbai-Goa route from Monday, which has a glass roof, rotating chairs and LCD TV.
A Visastom (glass top) coach will be attached to the Jan Shatabdi Express which runs between Mumbai-Goa routes from Monday. The Dadar-Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express, There is a special coach with a glass-roof Vistadome, Rotatable chairs and LCD hanging, which offers panoramic views of the surrounding area.
In the first week of September, the Railways had received a coach of 3.38 crore rupees on its headquarters, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
The Vistadome is a first-of-its-kind coach with a glass top in the Indian Railways.
Its special features include wide window panes and a roof that turns transparent with a button. Passengers will be able see the entire landscape of the Western Ghats.
The seats of the coach rotate 360 degrees with push-back facility. It also has 12 LCD television screens for entertainment, a mini fridge, automatic sliding compartment doors, an oven, juicer grinder and toilets fitted with ceramic tiles