Was railway minister Suresh Prabhu's announcement of having overnight air-conditioned double-decker trains—christened UDAY—the brightest idea around? If the reaction of railway officials is anything to go by, the answer elicited is an emphatic 'no'. The three routes announced for the overnight UDAY, between Bandra-Jamnagar, Vishakhapatnam-Vijayawada and Coimbatore-Bengaluru, are all 10 hour-plus journeys. Each double-decker coach, when full with 120 passengers, has a gross weight of 65 tonnes. Queries sent to top railway officials elicited no response.

Source: dna October 20, 2016 02:03 UTC