New Delhi: Wary of using stinking train toilets?
Now, get ready to use newly designed washrooms fitted with vacuum toilet system, like the one seen in planes, as Railways is planning to introduce it on the Delhi-Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi and luxury tourist train Palace on Wheels.
“Swarna Shatabdi is going to be the first train in Indian Railways to have vacuum toilets and 80 such new toilets will be fitted in the train as part of a green initiative undertaken by Railways,” a senior Railway Ministry official, involved with the green toilet project, said.
Besides, Railways has also decided to replace existing toilets in Palace on Wheels, the New Delhi-Rajasthan luxury tourist train, with vacuum toilets for better sanitation and hygiene.
The introduction of vacuum toilets in Swarna Shatabdi is being undertaken on a pilot basis, the official said.
