VISAKHAPATNAM: East Coast Railway in an attempt to provide comfort and memorable journey to all the travelling passengers, decided to induct modern Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches to Visakhapatnam-Nanded -Visakhapatnam special express with effect from July 31.
East Coast Railway has taken several steps to initiate conversion of conventional coaches of important long distance trains with LHB coaches over its jurisdiction. The LHB coaches, based on German technology, offer better riding comfort, lighter in weight, have higher speed potential as well as higher carrying capacity.
Presently, Waltair Division converted six rakes into LHB rakes and operates Visakhapatnam-New Delhi-Visakhapatnam AP Express, Visakhapatnam-Korba-Visakhapatnam express trains and Visakhapatnam-Tirupati-Cudappah with LHB coaches. This will give additional accommodation and more comfort to the pilgrims travelling to Tirupati.
The train No. 08565 Visakhapatnam- Nanded Tri-weekly special express will run with revised composition of LHB coaches with effect from July 31 and the train No. 08566 Nanded-Visakhapatnam Tri-weekly special express will run with revised composition of LHB coaches with effect from August 1. This pair of special trains will have 17 LHB coaches comprising 2nd AC-1, 3rd AC-3, Sleeper Class-6, Second Class-4, AC Pantry car coach-1 and Generator Motor car-1.
The Senior Divisional Commercial Manager AK Tripathi said that more LHB coaches would be available as the Railway Board has allotted more LHBs for Vizag for the year 2020-21. So the Waltair Division would get them shortly in a phased manner, he said.
