AHMEDABAD: Your trip to Delhi by train just got a whole lot better. The Swarn Jayanti Rajdhani Express to Delhi has been facilitated with new coaches which are based on new German technology, the Linke Holfmann Bush (LHB).
According to railway officials, the coaches provide more comfort and safety to the passengers. The officials said that recently passengers of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape owing to the high safety standards of LHB coaches, which got stuck to the ground soon after the derailment. The conventional coaches have a tendency to skid, causing more injuries and damage.
The Rajdhani on an average will now be able to accommodate around 120-odd more passengers daily. Senior public relation officer Jitendra Kumar Jayant said that the Rajdhani with the new LHB coaches made its first run from the city on Friday.
He said that apart from the routine comfort, these coaches have the capacity to accommodate about 72 passengers in each AC-3 coach as against 64 passengers in other AC-3 coaches. Similarly, the number of berths is more in LHB AC-2, which can accommodate 52 passengers against the usual 46. In AC-1 coaches, there will be space for 24 passengers against the current 18.
LHB coaches cannot turn turtle in the event of any derailment or collision. According to officials, the LHB coaches are fitted with microprocessor-controlled high capacity air conditioning system, which gives passengers better comforts during summer and winter seasons.
The LHB coaches, manufactured under technology-transfer from Germany, have automatic couplers to join two coaches. Unlike conventional coaches where one needs to go inside the coach and move through the vestibule to uncouple two coaches, these advanced couplers can be uncoupled from the outside.
The railway officials said that the coaches are about two meter more in length. The windows of the coaches are big and also have four emergency exits.
According to railway officials, the coaches provide more comfort and safety to the passengers. The officials said that recently passengers of Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a miraculous escape owing to the high safety standards of LHB coaches, which got stuck to the ground soon after the derailment. The conventional coaches have a tendency to skid, causing more injuries and damage.
The Rajdhani on an average will now be able to accommodate around 120-odd more passengers daily. Senior public relation officer Jitendra Kumar Jayant said that the Rajdhani with the new LHB coaches made its first run from the city on Friday.
He said that apart from the routine comfort, these coaches have the capacity to accommodate about 72 passengers in each AC-3 coach as against 64 passengers in other AC-3 coaches. Similarly, the number of berths is more in LHB AC-2, which can accommodate 52 passengers against the usual 46. In AC-1 coaches, there will be space for 24 passengers against the current 18.
LHB coaches cannot turn turtle in the event of any derailment or collision. According to officials, the LHB coaches are fitted with microprocessor-controlled high capacity air conditioning system, which gives passengers better comforts during summer and winter seasons.
The LHB coaches, manufactured under technology-transfer from Germany, have automatic couplers to join two coaches. Unlike conventional coaches where one needs to go inside the coach and move through the vestibule to uncouple two coaches, these advanced couplers can be uncoupled from the outside.
The railway officials said that the coaches are about two meter more in length. The windows of the coaches are big and also have four emergency exits.
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