Yes but at the same time a lot of people nowadays are preferring comfort over other things, specially for intercity journeys that spans over 5hrs or more. The journey in sleeper coaches, whether ac or non-ac, is comparatively more comfortable than that of 2S or CC, specially for the 40+ aged passengers.
Both ER and SER have lately trying these 3AC coaches in several Kolkata based intercities whose journey time is 6hrs or more like Kulik exp, Tebhaga exp, Ispat exp. I feel both Malda Intercity and Kaviguru will give...
more... decent patronage. For rest of the intercities whose journey time is mere 3-4hrs, these 3AC or SL are hardly of any use.
please wait...Translate to HindiHaan, par saath hi saath bahut saare log aajkal comfort ko dusri cheezon pe prefer kar rahe hain, khaas karke intercity journeys ke liye jo 5 ghante ya usse zyada chalti hain. Sleeper coaches mein, chahe AC ho ya non-AC, safar 2S ya CC se zyada comfortable hota hai, khaas karke 40 saal se zyada umr ke passengers ke liye.
Donon ER aur SER ne hal hi mein yeh 3AC coaches Kolkata based intercities mein use karna shuru kiya hai, jinki journey time 6 ghante ya zyada hai, jaise ki Kulik express, Tebhaga express, Ispat express. Mujhe lagta hai ki Malda Intercity aur Kaviguru ko bhi achchi patronage milegi. Baaki intercities jinki journey time sirf 3-4 ghante hai, unke liye yeh 3AC ya SL bahut zyada kaam nahin aayenge.