Do you know why the unreserved coaches are at the first and last in the train..? For this reason!
General Coach In Train : Indian railway network is one of the largest train networks in the world. It is traveled by lakhs of people every day. This is because people traveling long distances feel that train travel is more luxurious than buses and flights. While carrying such a large number of passengers, the railway administration has to monitor the safety and other facilities of the passengers.
The train has coaches like General Coaches, Sleeper, 3rd AC, 2nd AC, 1st AC. Mostly the rich travel in AC coaches, the middle class in general sleeper coaches and the poor in general coaches. Our choice of coach depends on our financial situation. Many of us have noticed it while traveling by train. General coaches are at the front and rear side of the train. Sometimes on a short journey we would have run into the store of the train and burned.
Have you ever wondered?… “Why is General Coach at the back or front of the train… why not in the center of the train?” as. Can you believe that the railways keep these boxes at the back of the train for a specific reason?. Find out what the truth is.
The layout of every train is almost same. That is, following the engine, AC-3, AC-2, sleeper coaches and towards the rear of the train i.e. finally fitted as general compartment. People accused the Railways of playing with the lives of the passengers by having the general coaches always attached to the front or back of the train.
That said, some on Twitter have accused such a design of harming poor passengers in the event of an accident. However, the Railways has completely denied this allegation. Further, it explained that as per train operating rules, the location of each compartment is decided as per railway rules and no compartment has been set up on the basis of discrimination between those who have money or the rich. Also, the real reason why public coaches are placed at the end or beginning of trains is given.
According to Indian Railways, the general coaches of the train are more crowded than the sleeper and AC coaches. Public coaches board and alight more passengers at each station. Hence, the crowd will remain. In this case, if general coaches are added in the middle of the train, there will be more weight in the middle of the train and the train will not be balanced.
Boarding-deboarding will also be a problem. If the general compartment is in the middle, it will affect the seating arrangement as well as other arrangements. By placing public compartments at the front and rear of the train, the passenger crowd is equally divided. Adding an engine on both sides on the return journey is useful in maintaining the balance of the train.
According to railway experts, adding public coaches at the start or end of a train is beneficial in terms of passenger safety. Not only that, people can be quickly evacuated from these coaches with large number of passengers in case of emergency such as accident, derailment or fire.