Early next year, railway commuters can look forward to a swish new ride. A prototype of a new train has rolled into the cityfresh from the Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai, holding out the promise of a better experience than the existing locals on 74 counts, or so claim its creators.

The new 12-car rake has more space. Its super dense crush load -- railway jargon for peak hour capacity -- is a good 6,000-odd people, as opposed to the 4,200 ferried by the local of the day on an average.u00a0