Being a train lover is nothing new. People fancy travelling to unnamed stations on deserted express trains. If you
And if you are among them, you must have fancied your own cozy space designed on a railway coach. Like a bar at the entrance gate, a library in on the middle coupe and windows full of happiness. Look no further, for that imagination of yours may soon be a reality.
With the official logo of railways intact, the authority is planning to sell the phased out railway coaches on auction. These coaches can be used to convert into desired structures.
Six metre-gauge trains from Lucknow Division of the
As per a news report by The Times of India, Lucknow division has 12 metre-gauge rakes (trains) running on the
The plan is to first ask each division of railways if they have any need of the metre gauge coaches.
Also the gradual phasing out of currently operation
Scrap dealers who buy these coaches in general dismantle them and resell the iron. However you can buy the coaches from these dealers as well. The price of coaches is based on how much iron it contains. For the last coach of metre gauge track sold by the Lucknow division some 30 years backs was Rs 1,10,000.
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