Yellow fever hits WR coaches

Coaches will now sport yellow facades, as employees had complained that black is not visible from a distance

Western Railway (WR) has agreed to change the black facade of the motor coaches of the new rakes to vibrant yellow.

The decision follows repeated complaints by gangmen and trackmen that the black Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) rakes,u00a0are not clearly visible from a distance and this could lead to accidents.
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"We can't see the train coming in till it is dangerously close. Locations where the tracks curve suddenly are even more dangerous, as you don't realise the train is so near, till it gets really close," said a gangman.

There have been instances when gangmen have been knocked down or run over by the new black MRVC motor coaches.

We have therefore demanded that the colour be changed," said D Y Mahale, president of the Western Railway Employees Union, Mumbai division.

Changing colours

WR Chief Public Relations Officer S S Gupta said, "The front of the new MRVC rakes will be painted yellow to make them more visible.

In the light of the feedback we have received so far, we have decided to change the colour of all 16 MRVC coaches."u00a0

Except for the motor coach in the front, all MRVC rakes with WR will retain their violet and off-white colour scheme.

While, the repainting of coaches has already begun, WR authorities have not announced a deadline by which the painting will be completed.

Swanky train
The MRVC procured 174 12-car new generation trains replacing the age-old trains on Central and Western railways.
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Each 12-coach train costs Rs 20 crore, and were manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.