WAM 4 - Father of the Nation for RailFans - Vikas Kumar

PNBE se premium ac berths ka traffic Delhi ke liye to bahut hai, par HWH ke liye aaj bhi shatabdi ke liye sufficient nahin hai.
In fact HWH se chal rahi sabhi Shatabdies bahut kum coaches ke saath chal rahi hai, uske baad bhi seat ki mara mari nahin hai.
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Various shatabdies with number of CC+EC coaches are
HWH-RNC(7+1),...
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HWH-NJP(7+1), HWH-PURI(11+1)
BCT-ADI(14+2)
NDLS-HBJ(15+2), NDLS-LKO(16+2), NDLS-KALKA(13+2, 13+2), NDLS-ASR(14+3, 14+2), NDLS-AII(13+2), NDLS-DDN(12+2), NDLS-CNB(12+1), NDLS-LDH(11+1), NDLS-KGM(10+1), NDLS-MOGA(10+1), NDLS-CDG(9+1) FZR(7+1)
NZM-AGC(8+2) Gatiman
MAS-MYSORE(11+1), MAS-SBC(12+1), MAS-CBE(7+1)
SC-PUNE(9+1)
JP-AF(4+1)
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Above data clearly indicates that many Shatabdies can be converted into Durontos by adding non ac chaircar coaches in order to
make full use of line capacity,
maximise the revenue with given infrastructure
reduce the wailting lists in other trains running on the route