Passengers on board Shinkansen trains, which are called bullet trains in India, mostly travel with just their handbags. They queue up in time before the train arrives and let those on board alight first.

The national transporter, to improve its customer experience, will upgrade the old coaches by adding charging points for every seat, tray-tables, new fans, better seat covers, new taps, pictures in the passages.

Before the official announcement by PM Modi, the RBI's Central Board, in its meeting had differed with the government's claim that the note ban would curb black money circulation, citing that most cash was in the form of real estate.

There will be CCTV cameras, diffused lighting, automatic doors and footsteps and a GPS-based passenger information system.

This swanky semi-high speed 16-coach train is set to replace the existing Shatabdi Express, running since 1988, for inter-city travel, and will cut the journey time by 15 per cent.

The judicial intervention came on a day when pollution in 10 areas in Delhi hit the severe mark - the sixth and the last stage on the air quality index.