Will new Economy AC 3 Tier redefine rail travel for aam-aadmi? Solving a tricky issue holds key Top Searches Will new Economy AC 3 Tier redefine rail travel for aam-aadmi? Solving a tricky issue holds key Smriti Jain / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Aug 3, 2021, 12:09 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail ARTICLES New Economy AC 3 tier coach with luxury comforts The new 'gamechanger' Economy AC 3-tier coaches in the Indian Railways fleet promise a comfortable, faster ride for the ordinary sleeper class passengers, much used to open windows, dust and noise. They also pose a significant challenge to officials who have to decide the tricky issue of fixing the fare. A little too high and the objective of introducing these new modern coaches meant for high speed comfortable travel may get defeated. A little too low and the railways may end up killing its only clearly profitable class - the normal AC 3-Tier. So what should be done? We take a deep dive into why this is not an easy decision to take, the classes of rail travel that are profitable, the impact of dynamic fares on them and what experts think should be the fix that will be a win-win.