Indian Railways to add new ‘anti-injury’ feature to passenger coaches

Indian Railways (IR) are looking to add passenger coaches with an “anti-injury” feature that could revolutionise railway travel by improving safety of passengers. The news was broken by the Times of India, who spoke with sources confirming that IR has asked all coach manufacturing units to take this requirement into account when planning purchases of future passenger coaches.

The aim of “anti-injury” is to reduce risk and increase the safety of passengers caused by sharp edges or protrusions in fittings inside passenger coaches. This is especially important in cases where the train can make sudden brakes or “jerks”, causing unsuspecting passengers to get hurt.