Hyderabad: SCR augments 19 express trains

Each train has been augmented with two additional general class coaches apart from the existing two coaches, totaling to 4 LHB General Class coaches in each of these trains.

Hyderabad: The South Central Railways (SCR) has augmented 19 express trains (33 rakes) across the zone with 66 additional LHB (Linke-Hofmann-Busch) General Class coaches. Accordingly, each train has been augmented with two additional general class coaches apart from the existing two coaches, totaling to 4 LHB General Class coaches in each of these trains.

LHB General Class coaches have been provided for important trains on SCR jurisdiction running on crucial routes such as Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Lingampalli, Kacheguda, Guntur, Nizamuddin, Tirupati, Kakinada, Danapur, Machilipatnam, Yesvantpur, Nanded, Madurai etc, a press release said.

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The SCR authorities said with the inclusion of such large number of non-AC general coaches, thousands of passengers will be benefited on a daily basis. In addition, railway authorities have also planned to augment another 21 trains on the zone with 80 additional LHB general class coaches. With this, a total of 40 trains will be augmented with 146 additional general class coaches on SCR jurisdiction.

The SCR said to provide additional facilities for the general class passengers, manufacturing of new GS coaches is going on at a fast pace. Under this, a total of 1000 new general coaches are being added to 370 regular trains across the entire Indian Railways network and around 1 lakh additional passengers will be able to take advantage of the journey of rail travel every day.