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Blog Entry# 2372448
Posted: Aug 06 2017 (09:20)

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Aug 06 2017 (09:20)  
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LHB coaches are the state of art coaches being manufactured in India. Its always a dream for railfans to see their favourite trains with LHB rake and desire to travel by LHB trains. While people are happy to see trains getting LHB rakes in view of safety and speed,do you oppose/dislike LHB coaches in any aspect?
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Yes. I oppose/dislike certain aspects of LHB coaches. (Kindly mention the reason in the blog).
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No. I am OK with LHB coaches.
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(1) Better safety, riding characteristics, lighter weight, longer life and higher speed are good things about LHB coaches which can more than compensate their higher cost & make them superior to ICF
(2) But necessity of 2 Generator cars with LHB coach make them a financially loss making proposition for IR.
(3) This probably is a result of improper decision made more than 2 decades back when the import/purchase was made. These factors should have been taken into account, especially when many experts had raised apprehensions on the selection/ utility of
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LHB coaches art our requirements, well before the contract was finalised.
(4) Paxs of IR shall be paying 10-15% extra fare due to LHB coaches compensate for loss of revenue of 2 coaches, operation & maintenance cost of generator cars.

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