IR is planning to replace all Sleeper Class Coaches with 3rd AC Coaches in Long Distance Express and Superfast Trains... this is what I read in TOI yesterday. I think that there is a huge difference between Sleeper and 3rd AC Coaches Ticket Fare so this step would be putting financial burden on the Lower Middle Income Families who travel by Sleeper. IR should rather go for LHB Rake Replacement in which passengers can get LHB General and LHB Sleeper Coaches for comfortable long distance travel :-(