Centrally-heated Vande Bharat trains for Jammu and Kashmir likely next yearThe Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is planning to introduce Vande Bharat trains with heating facilities for Jammu and Kashmir. These trains w...
16 Aug, 2023, 03.56 PM IST
Pradhan writes to Vaishnav, demands LHB coaches for Tapaswani Express"On my recent visit of Odisha, I had the pleasure of travelling from Bhubaneswar to Redhakhol on the Puri-Hatia-Puri Tapaswini Express and ...
06 Oct, 2021, 01.24 PM IST
Deccan Queen, India's first superfast train, to undergo major makeover: Indian RailwaysDeccan Queen, which has been running between Mumbai and Pune since 1930, is the country's first superfast train, first long-distance electr...
06 Mar, 2020, 06.29 PM IST
First batch of Made in India wheels for high speed trains now readyWheels for high speed trains have so far been imported by Indian Railways. Indigenous manufacturing of LHB wheels had thus became extremely...
25 Mar, 2019, 05.45 PM IST
Mumbai-Delhi route may soon get new, faster Rajdhani Express trainLHB coaches are of a superior design that reduces the chance of derailment and mitigates the possibility of grievous injury or death in cas...
18 Sep, 2017, 07.42 PM IST
Conventional coaches to be replaced with modern LHB coachesCurrently, railways have about 50,000 conventional coaches which will be retrofitted with modern safety features in phases.
22 Jan, 2017, 04.28 PM IST
Railway needs comprehensive action plan for safety issues:Government officialThe official suggested that there should a mechanism for frequent check-up of railway tracks, recruit of gangmen and regular safety audits ...
22 Jan, 2017, 01.54 PM IST
Railways trying all possibilities to reduce accidents, but do they have financial muscle?After Indore-Patna express derailment, Railways is keen to quicken pace of replacing all coaches with LHB coaches, a process that was first...
11 Dec, 2016, 10.31 AM IST
Resisted pressure for new trains on congested routes: Suresh PrabhuThe bigger challenge lies in retrofitting the existing over 45,000 ICF-designed coaches with better safety features, and a roadmap has been...
11 Dec, 2016, 12.21 AM IST
Kanpur train accident fallout: Shift to safer LHB coaches may take 30 yearsAs per the railways' coach production programme, the production units will make 1253 LHB coaches in 2016-17.
23 Nov, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
Railways vows to replace older coaches after tragedyThe toll could have been much lesser had the Railways completely switched over to the manufacture of LHB coaches -which do not pile up unli...
22 Nov, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
Railways not to launch trains on saturated routes, to retrofit old coachesThere was a review of entire safety scenario at the Railway Board meeting in the wake of the Indore-Patna Express derailment near Kanpur.
22 Nov, 2016, 12.11 AM IST
Train tragedy: Rotting infrastructure comes back to haunt railwaysThe Indore-Patna express mishap was waiting to happen as accidents due to derailment have shot up by 67% in the current fiscal year.
21 Nov, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
Purusottam Express to run with LHB coaches from tomorrowThe train will now run with 22 LHB coaches with higher speed level, better shock absorbers, low noise level and higher level of cleanliness...
30 Nov, 2013, 03.35 PM IST
- Decks cleared for formal commissioning of Rs 1,685 crore Rae Bareli coach factory
Railways have just released Rs 150 crore for the factory and preparations are afoot for the formal commissioning of it by Sonia Gandhi shor...
16 Oct, 2012, 02.57 PM IST
- Railways to double up production of new age LHB coaches
Railways have decided to double the production of new age LHB coaches keeping in mind their enhanced safety features.
24 Feb, 2012, 03.20 PM IST
- Mail/Express trains to have LHB coaches as safety measure
To minimise casualties after derailments, the Railways are contemplating switching over from indigenous ICF coaches to German technology ba...
30 May, 2010, 10.29 AM IST