Ministry of Railways is considering modifying the exterior color scheme of ICF design conventional coaches running in Mail & Express trains to give them more vibrant and pleasing look. Accordingly, as per direction of Railway Board, Northern Railway painted 7 different color schemes on ICF design sleeper coaches. These vibrant and innovative color schemes were developed, jointly by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Railways. Coaches with new colour scheme were inspected by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railway & Coal, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports ( Independent Charge) along with Chairman Railway Board, Member Rolling Stock and General Manager, Northern Railway today (25.04.2018) at New Delhi Station.
After the inspection, it was decided to...
more... try out one color scheme with mix of fawn and Teak shade after some improvements. This new color scheme will be first tried out in limited number of coaches as a trial and based on the feedback further proliferation on larger number of ICF design coaches shall be considered. Indian Railways is already taking measures to upgrade the interiors of coaches especially toilets through schemes like Upgrade to Swarn Standard for its premium service like Rajdhanis and Shatabdis, Upgrade of Mail & Express trains through 'Utkrishti Scheme'.
Thus passengers may expect a complete makeover of coaches for a more pleasing travel experience in near future.