Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Locomotives 8,153
Passenger Service Vehicles 45,350
Other coaching vehicles 5,905
Wagons 207,719
Railway Stations 6,909
Source: Indian Railways Year Book 2007
Around 2,000 to 3,000 passenger coaches were added in each of the last 3 years to the Railways
network.
Railways – Passenger coaches addition 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Central Railway 92 103 156
Eastern Railway 129 141 175
East Central Railway 169 167 309
East Coast Railway 97 107 82
Northern Railway 270 372 304
North Central Railway 27 34 75
North Eastern Railway 59 74 201
Northeast Frontier Railway 108 123 155
North Western Railway 132 48 208
Southern Railway 225 300 198
South Central Railway 157 112 173
South Eastern Railway 153 45 213
South East Central Railway 86 78 50
South Western Railway 109 186 223
Western Railway 134 236 203
West Central Railway 75 30 97
Total 2022 2156 2822
Source: Indiastat
The annual growth of passenger coaches is around 3-4%. Approximately there are 72 berths in non air
conditioned coaches and around 64 in air conditioned coaches.
Railways seat cover fabric
In Railways, the material for seat berths fabric is the key technical textile usage. Material used in the
berths is polyurethane foam and rexine cloth.
Product characteristics
Rexine material is used in railway seat covers. The rexine material is constructed from single or
multiple poly vinyl film layers with choice of backing cloth. Synthetic cloth like polyester and rayon
is used. The rexine material is fire retardant coated fabric.
Consumption norms and market size