laloo foolishness Rlys will add a third aisle berth to AC, sleeper bogies
The main problem facing railway designers is where to fit the third passenger during the day. The second is that the height of the coaches would have to be raised to adjust the third berth. This has been questioned by the Commissioner, Railway Safety.
To avoid objections from the safety commissioner, and yet keep the minister and his advisors happy, railway designers are trying to squeeze in a third berth between the two side berths.
Using their indigenous technology, they have made the middle berth foldable so that during the day, the sitting passengers don't bang their heads against it.
"The middle berth folds up and sticks to the bottom of the upper berth,"said a railway officer gleefully.
But where does the third side passenger sit during the day? The officer said that the three-plus-three passengers in the cabin will have to adjust this passenger.
When told that this could lead to disputes among passengers, the officer said, "We will put a seat number which will compel them to adjust."But would this not amount to discrimination? The officer said that in any case, passengers had to adjust with each other during the day.
