What is included in AC 3 tier?

AC three tier: Air-conditioned coaches with 64 sleeping berths. Berths are similar to 2A, but with three tiers across the width and two lengthwise for eight bays of eight. They are slightly less well-appointed, usually with no reading lights or curtains.



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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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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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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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