Vacuum toilet system in trains
Posted on: 18/Nov/2013 12:00:24 PM - No. of views : (4804)
Very soon trains will have toilets like in the planes. Newly designed washrooms fitted with vacuum toilet system will be soon be introduced in the Delhi-Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi and luxury tourist train Palace on Wheels.
Swarna Shatabdi is going to be the first train of Indian railways to have vacuum toilets. Atleast, 80 such new toilets will be fitted in the train as part of a green initiative undertaken by railways. Besides, railways have 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.
Railways have floated global tenders for installing the toilets at a cost of Rs 25 crore, and five multinational companies, including two from Germany, one from the USA and one from China, have evinced interest in manufacturing and installing the system.
