Bad news: Indore Patna Express derails in Kanpur

[Chezhiyan]

What about those earlier ministers who authorised the launch of these trains with non-LHB coaches ? Since 2000, these LHB is with Indian Railway, then why we are still running trains on non-LHB coaches and reserve these LHB only for premium trains? :dodgy

It Is A Constitutional Responsibility For Every Incumbent Minister To Resign His Post If Any Railway Accident Occur In The Period:k:hel
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I Hope,If Railway Is Privatized Means,Your Hope Of Having LHB Coaches In All Trains Might Comes True:lol

Because,For That At Present Heavy Invstment Is Required..:s Will All Indian People Contribute For That Investments:huh

For Increasing Railway Fare For Just Rs.3 Or What So Ever That Too 10 Years Or More At Once, All People In The Nook And Corner Holding Protests And Politicians Giving Lengthy Statements:s:s
Then,How This People Will Contribute???:u

First Connect All The North East Capital With Railway....:k Then Think LHB Coaches

 

[Sarkar]

If it's a constitutional responsibility then we will soon run out of all ministers because of the failure of their respective miniseries. [emoji13]

Need examples? Here it is.

Defense ministry failed to stop inflation, home ministry failed to solve moist issue, finance ministry failed to provide adequate cash supply to bank and atm, Road transport ministry fans to stop accidents on highway, foreign ministry failed to get NSG support and so on. And last of all its the PM as his PMO failed to choose right people to run the above said ministries [emoji1]

 

[Chezhiyan]

U Mean That All U Mention Its Persists Only In India??:skd

U Know That Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji Resigned His Post Due To Ariyalur Train Accident

All The Countries Having Problem:k

Inspite Of Various Culture,Language,Religions Conflict,North East Militancy,Caste Based Violence,Naxalite Issue All Type Of Social And Economic Problem Exists Only In India But Still We Our Country Is United:kThat Itself A Great Thing:tup

Is It Possible For A Government In Any Of The Country To Manage And Control These Amount Of Population That Exists In India And Giving A Better Gov..

Iam Sure If The Same Density Of Poplulation Like In India Persists In Any Of The Country,Then Surely The Gov Will Be Crippled And Prime Minister And President Will Commit Suicide :c
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Taliking About Railway,

Manytimes I am Being Worried About Our North East People:'(

If British Effectively Ruled North East India In The Past Means Iam Sure At Present They Definitely Have A Par Infrastructure Like ROI

 

[Sarkar]

Indore Patna Express derails: Despite push by minister, outdated coaches make up bulk of fleet


A reason behind the high casualties in Sunday’s accident is that the Indore-Patna Express had ICF coaches, which are notorious for piling up in case of accidents — a feature that distinctly separate them from the modern Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB) coaches that make up premium trains such as the Rajdhanis and Shatabdis.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had promised in the 2015-16 Budget that all trains would eventually have LHB coaches and that the ICF coaches would be phased out

For over a year now, the Railway Board has been stalling this process, saying the industry would not be able to match the scale of production of the new coaches. So the number of new ICF coaches is as high as, and in certain cases higher than, the number of fresh LHB coaches pushed into the system every year. Currently, around 55,000 of ICF coaches of varying ages are in circulation while the number of LHB coaches is just about 5,000-8,000.
Sources in the ministry said Prabhu had issued an order, soon after the 2015-16 Budget, to formalise the policy for a total conversion into LHB, but the Railways bureaucracy has stalled it by asking him to reconsider the pace of conversion.

The design of the ICF coaches is of the 1950s’ vintage. The coaches get their name from the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur in Chennai, where they are built. They were first designed in collaboration with Swiss company Schlieren. One of the shortcomings of these coaches is that the design is not meant for speeds above 80-90 kmph, unlike the LHB coaches, which are designed for speeds upwards of 120 kmph. Unlike the ICF coaches, LHBs are especially designed to not pile up in case of accidents such as the one on Sunday.
Sources in the ministry said ICF coaches continued to thrive, despite LHB being in circulation for some years now, because the industry involved in the production of the ICF coaches is an old one and has been lobbying hard for its survival.

Internal targets set by the ministry claim ICF coaches, or “conventional coaches” as they are called, will be totally replaced by LHB coaches by 2020. After Sunday’s accident, there is a thinking within the government that the deadline for conversion to LHB coaches needs to be advanced by a couple of years.

“There is no doubt that LHB coaches are better in situations like these. So we will go for a gradual phase-out of ICF coaches, but the industry supporting the production (of LHB coaches) should also be able to match that scale and that cannot happen overnight,” Railway Board Member, Mechanical, Hemant Kumar told The Indian Express.
The Sam Pitroda commitee on Railway modernisation, among others, had questioned the need to continue with the fleet of outdated ICF coaches.

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...tdated-coaches-make-up-bulk-of-fleet-4386655/

 

[Ritesh]

@Sarkar bro: Just asking for my knowledge, Are LHB coaches more safe than current coaches? If yes, then what are the major safety pointers of them?

 

[Sarkar]

@Sarkar bro: Just asking for my knowledge, Are LHB coaches more safe than current coaches? If yes, then what are the major safety pointers of them?

Major safety is that these New coaches will not Pile up one onto another in case of accident and does not squeeze of one coach into another coach in case of a derailment.

Besides a Big riding comfort bcoz of smooth journey and low noise