What do different coloured train coaches indicate?
Diagonal yellow stripes on coaches
This means it is a general unreserved compartment.
White stripes or pale blue stripes
There are white stripes or pale blue stripes on coaches to denote that that is an unreserved general class coach.
Green stripes on EMU/DEMU trains
It means that it is a Ladies compartment.
Red stripes on EMU/DEMU trains
There is a red stripe on EMU/ MEMU where there is a first-class compartment in local trains.
ICF Coaches
The ICF coaches’ standard colour code in Sleeper Class, AC First Class, AC 3 Tier Sleeper, AC 2 Tier Sleeper, AC Chair Car
LHB Express/Superfast
LHB coaches with the aluminium body are lighter in weight and safer for operations.
LHB Rajdhani
The LHB sleeper coaches, whether they’re non-AC Sleeper or AC, are by default red in colour.
LHB Duronto
These multicoloured coaches are the same LHB coaches used in Rajdhani Express trains over which vinyl wrap of Duronto livery is pasted.
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