NEW DELHI: India’s first regional rail, RAPIDX will have a dedicated women’s coach on every train. To ensure safe and comfortable regional travel for women, an official statement said on Wednesday. Moving in the direction to Meerut from Delhi, the second coach of the train set, i.e. just after the premium coach will be the women’s coach, whereas while moving to Delhi from Meerut it will be the second last coach i.e. just before the premium coach, it said.
Proper signage is being provided for the identification of these coaches at the platform level and on the train door openings. This reserved coach will have 72 seating capacity. Ten additional seats are also reserved for women in other coaches, it added.
The NCRTC, since its inception, has been working tirelessly to improve accessibility and ensure secure and smooth travel for women through RAPIDX. The provision of a dedicated women’s coach is one such step in this direction. Provision of reserved seats has also been provided in other coaches on the train as well.
Keeping in mind the convenience of commuters travelling with young children, a provision for a diaper-changing station has also been made at every station integrated with other public transport modes.
In every RAPIDX train, a train attendant will also be deputed who will play an important role in acquainting the commuters with the facilities available in the train and ensuring their safe and secure commute. He/she will be stationed in the Premium coach and will assist the commuters in need.
The NCRTC wants to create an environment where women feel secure while travelling in the public mode of transport. To ensure this, CCTV cameras are being installed in and around the station premises for 24x7 monitoring and security personnel are being deployed to monitor various movements and to enhance safety.
NCRTC is aiming to commission the entire 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut stretch for the public by 2025. Before that, it will operationalise a 17-km long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai depot very soon including five stations, it added.