Mumbai: Rail travellers from Mumbai to Goa and back will enjoy an exciting new experience of watching the scenic landscape pass by through the glass-topped Vista dome in a coach that will be attached to the Dadar-Madgaon-Dadar Janshatabdi Express from Monday onwards.
Passenger can gaze endlessly at the panoramic views and lush green scenery of the Western Ghats as the coach will have wide windowpanes and the roof of the glass can becomes either transparent or translucent with just the click of a switch, according to a Central Railway spokesperson.
It will have an exclusive glass observation lounge to allow uninterrupted sightseeing.
Some of the special features include LED lights, rotatable seats and pushback chairs, GPS-based information system, multiple television screens, electrically operated automatic sliding compartment doors and toilets with ceramic tile flooring and walls with all fittings.
The fares will be equivalent to that of the executive class in Shatabdi Express without catering charges, while reservation charges, GST and other charges will be levied in addition to the basic fare.
Bookings for the Vista dome coach will open at all computerised reservation centres and on the website www.irctc.co.in from Sunday. From Mumbai, the train runs on Monday, Thursday and Saturday and from Madgaon, on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
