PUDUCHERY & RAMESWARAM EXPRESS TRAINS FROM BHUBANESWAR TO HAVE MODERN LHB COACHES

PUDUCHERY & RAMESWARAM EXPRESS TRAINS FROM BHUBANESWAR TO HAVE MODERN LHB COACHES

• BHUBANESWAR-PUDUCHERY EXPRESS WILL RUN WITH LHB COACHES FROM 16TH APRIL
• BHUBANESWAR-RAMESWARAM EXPRESS WILL RUN WITH LHB COACHES FROM 19TH APRIL

To provide better comfort and jerk free journey to the passengers, Railways have decided to run Bhubaneswar-Puduchery-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express with modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches from this month. This will replace conventional coaches running at present.

12898/12897 Bhubaneswar-Puduchery-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 16th April, 2019 & from Puduchery w.e.f. 17th April, 2019 and 18496/18495 Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram-Bhubaneswar Express from Bhubaneswar w.e.f. 19th April, 2019 & from Rameswaram w.e.f. 21st April, 2019 will run with LHB coaches.

Both the trains will run with a load combination of 21 coaches i.e. One AC-2 tier, Four AC-3 tier, 11 Sleeper Class, Two Second Class Seating, Two Guard, Luggage & Seating and One Pantry Car which will increase the total capacity of berths.

LHB coaches are anti-telescopic, that means they do not flip in case of a collision, safer, lighter, more comfortable and jerk free. Replacement of ICF conventional coaches phase wise with LHB coaches is being done from safety point of view.

Source:East Coast Railway