New Delhi: Indian Railways continues to offer its passengers convenient and comfortable travel with upgrades from time to time. This time this gift has come for the passengers of the Pune route in Maharashtra. Railways have announced that the Pune-Mumbai-Pune Pragati Express will now be fitted with modern Vistadome coaches. Also, the coaches of the train will be converted into LHB (Lichen Hoffman Busch).
In this regard, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Shivaji Sutar said that Pragati Express will be run with new coaches from July 25. The train will leave CSMT every day at 4:25 pm. After this, the train will reach Pune at 7:50 pm.
What are Vistadome coaches?
Vistadome coaches are modern coaches available with the Railways. It has large glass windows, glass roofs, and revolving seats. Along with this, there is an observation lounge in which passengers can sit and enjoy the beautiful views outside. Each Wisdom coach has 44 seats and the special thing is that these seats rotate 180 degrees. In this, for the convenience of the passengers, ample leg room is provided.
Which trains have Vistadome Coach?
After the addition of the Vistadome coach in Pragati Express by the Railways, there will be four trains in the Central Railway zone that will have this facility. At present, these coaches are in Mumbai-Madgaon Janshatabdi Express, Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express, and Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen. Please tell me that these trains are currently running at their full capacity. In these, ticket booking remains full and people like to travel with it. Ticket booking for travel in Pragati Express will start from July 20 at all computerized reservation centers and website www.irctc.co.in.
Other highlights of the coach
This coach has an eco-friendly modular toilet. In this, full care is taken of cleanliness so that the passengers do not have to face the mess. To prevent the track from getting dirty, a bio tank has been installed in it, and a refreshment area and a service area have been provided in the coach. A fridge and oven have been kept in the service area in which passengers can heat their food. Vistadome coaches are fitted with CCTV cameras.
LHB Coach
Link Hoffman Busch i.e. LHB coaches are different from the conventional coaches of Indian Railways ICF (Integral Coach Factory). First of all, you can recognize them by their color. The dark blue colored rail coaches are ICF which were designed in Perambur, Chennai. They are being produced since 1952. The LHB coach was designed in Germany by Lichen Hoffmann Busch and is being manufactured in India since 2000. ICF coaches are made of steel whereas LHB coaches are made of stainless steel, due to which their weight is less. LHB coaches have disc brakes while ICF has air brakes. Hence LHB coaches can be stopped quickly at high speed. Talk about the speed, then the LHB coach can run up to a speed of 200 kilometers per hour. There itself. In ICF it is only 160 kmph which is the average speed of the LHB coach.
