Show RAIL QUIZ chy why are railway fares less per mile for travel in coaches than in sleeping cars due to dissimilarities in weight and passenger carrying capacity of coaches and sleeping cars there is a wide difference in the cost of providing and handling the two types of equipment the average gross weight of a coach is is 61 tons while that of a sleeping car is 82 tons the greater weight of a sleeping car as compared with that of a coach is due to the special equipment and facilities required for sleeping car accommodations the average coach is designed to accommodate three times as many passengers as a sleeping car t RAIL QUIZ f jf whist what is the dommon common rn las aj m nt of rai railway avoy freight service the ton mile this represent the transportation of one ton of freight one mile |