On the advent of Railway Budget 2016-2017 many news we have seen like:
1 Shatabdi Exp to get Semi High Speed Coach with new color scheme.
2 Emphasis is given on manufacturing of "Anubhuti Coaches" with amenities like Airplane etc.
But, as a Rail Enthusiast I think both of the above noted Proposal are nothing but a "Publicity Stunt" on part of the Railway...
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Ministry. Why ?
Point No: 1: Most of the Shatabdi Exp of IR is now provided with Linke Hoffman Busch(LHB) Coaches (Except Swarna Shatabdi running with mixture of ICF & HLHB Coaches) which has the potential of running 160km/hr. But in reality most of the Shatabdis are running on an average 110 to 120 kmph due to the track speed limit as fixed by RDSO for various sections of IR. So the full potential of LHB Coaches is underutilized due to speed limit fixed by RDSO for various sections of IR. So when the potential of present LHB Coaches is underutilized so why IR is thinking to replace Shatabdi Coaches with Semi High Speed ones don't know ....
Point No: 2: Recently after the Inauguration of Mahamana SF Exp it is seen that a craze is seen for "Anubhuti Coaches" and I think this is the impetus on part of IR for which the second proposal is announced. But I would like to add here that "Anubhuti Coaches" won't give the Passengers any Security in case of any accident as because these decorated "Anubhuti Coaches" are nothing but the "Modernization of OLD ICF Mail/Exp Coaches". IR may convert all the "Worn Out ICF Bogies" to Anubhuti with Facility like Airplane but it is to be kept in mind that if any fatal incident occur then "Heap of Death and casualty" won't be saved at any cost. IR is just want to be-fool the commuters here by adding new look to OLD Worn Out Coaches and shifting the Focus from the "Replacement of ICF Coaches with safe and secured LHB Coaches"( Already we know the Safety of LHB very well from numerous BLOGs and NEWS here)
What IR has done regarding increase of production of LHB Coaches in spite of knowing that it is much more safe than ICF ones ?
Still RCF Raebarrilli is not fully operational and LHB Production Scenario is so gloomy in IR why ? Can IR have any answer ?
Why the Long Pending Projects like "Increase Capacity of homing 3-Phase Loco in ELS TATA" under "Plan Head 42 of E-Loco Website" (Projects regarding ELS & ETS) is still pending for more than 6 years ? IR Officers don't have any answer... (Screenshot Attached)
So much "Hue and Cry" is seen regarding Shatabdi trains but why in spite of a "VVIP Train" many Shatabdi still run with WAP-1/WAP-4/WAM-4 in IR ?
I don't think Rail Officers has any answer for the above noted queries.
It would be better if Hon'ble RM do something constructive rather spending money on projects which does not serve any benefit to the commuters in the Long Run.(Like Semi High Speed Coach, Bullet Train, Anubhuti Coach Production etc)
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