TATA Steel Express - Second Sitting sasta bhi, sabse achha bhi - Ravi Raj

As per latest information, SWR and SCR has agreed for removing the Slip coaches and allowing SER to LHBfy Amravati Exp preliminaryly. Some more discussion can happen maybe if required.
Hope SER now LHBfies this train soon. It is required

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Hope it happens soon. It's one of the very few remaining ICF trains now on HWH BZA route also since most of the route between GNT to GTL is double line now they can think of reducing the slack and upgrading it to SF category. Also a pantry car and additional AC coaches should be added.
I have also filed RTI with SER yesterday asking for list of LHB conversion planned by them in FY 24-25.

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Giving it LHB coaches & can be speeded up by 160 mins.
12847:- SHM 23.20; 435 BBS 06.05/15; 454 KUR 06.35/45; 879 VSKP 13.00/13.20; 1229 BZA 19.00/10; 1518 NDL 00.50/53; 1593.4 DHNE 02.08/13; 1662 GTL 03.25/35; 1920 UBL 08.15/25; 1940.4 DWR 08.49/51; 2011 LD 10.05/10; 2035.5 CLR 10.40/45; 2061.5 QLM 11.40/45; 2079.9 SVM 12.05/07; 2094.8 MAO 12.25/30; 2119.4 VSG 13.05|| 2119 kms in 37 hrs 45 mins @ 56 kph|| 12848:- VSG 07.00; SHM 20.45|| 2119 kms in 37 hrs 45 mins @ 56 kph||

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With 130kph MPS in HWH BZA section, reduction of the big slack in GNT GTL section, avoiding slip attachment and detachment at GTL, shifting LC from GTL to UBL and removing some halts like DVD (since it goes to VSKP now) atleast 2 hours speed up is possible which would be enough to raise average speed to 55kph for SF conversion.
Also pre covid when LD HPT route was not fully double line and GNT GTL was a single line totally it used to do HWH VSG at 53 kph average and VSG HWH at 54 kph average speed.

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