What is difference between sleeper and AC 3 tier?

Three Tier Air Conditioned Class, known as 3AC, offers a significant step up in comfort and quietness. The carriages in 3AC are laid out in the same manner as in Sleeper Class. However, the windows are covered with tinted glass that's unable to be opened, and air-conditioning keeps the carriages cool.



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While a normal AC 3-tier coach has 72 berths, AC 3-tier economy has 80. Railways earned Rs 231 crore from the AC 3-tier economy class in the first year of its introduction. According to data, from April-August, 2022, 15 lakh people travelled in these coaches, generating earnings of Rs 177 crore.

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The food fare is included in the main fare. Nowadays, an option is available to passengers, to opt out of Rajdhani food and if done, the cost of ticket reduces. On any other train, in AC 3 Tier, you can order food and pay for it. So this is not a facility really - just a convenience.

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The official capacity of both coaches - AC 3-Tier Class and Sleeper Class - is more or less the same; the ICF AC 3-Tier coach has 64 berths. The ICF Sleeper Class has 72 berths. The LHB AC-3Tier has 72 berths while the LHB Sleeper has 80 berths. One pew in the AC coach is lost because of AC equipment and controls, etc.

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Railways had installed curtains in air-conditioned coaches in 2009 to give more privacy to passengers, but stopped using it in the AC-3 tier coaches after a fire accident on the Bangalore-Nanded Express in 2014.

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