Sleeper Class
Sleeper Class (SL) is the non-AC three-tier sleeping coach that carries most long-distance Indian Railways passengers. Current LHB coaches carry 80 berths in 10 bays of 8 — a lower, middle and upper berth on both sides of the main compartment, plus a side lower and side upper across the aisle; older ICF rakes carry 72 berths in 9 bays.
Berths per coach: LHB (LWSCN) 80 · ICF 72
Berth layout & coach position
Choosing a berth
Lower berths (LB) suit elderly travellers and are allotted first under the senior-citizen quota; side upper (SU) is the least disturbed for sleeping through, while the side lower (SL) doubles as day seating.
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Frequently asked questions
Other coach classes
About Sleeper Class (SL) coaches
Sleeper Class (SL) is a non-AC sleeper class of Indian Railways with 80 berths per coach (80 on LHB (LWSCN), 72 on ICF), arranged as 10 bays of 8 berths along a side aisle.
- Class
- Sleeper Class (SL)
- Type
- Non-AC sleeper, reserved
- Berths
- LHB (LWSCN) 80 · ICF 72
- Berth types
- Lower (LB), Middle (MB), Upper (UB), Side Lower (SL), Side Upper (SU)
- Layout
- 10 bays of 8 berths along a side aisle
- Found on
- Nearly every Mail/Express and long-distance passenger train