Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Indian Railway's new revolution(PART-1)


LHB COACHES

LHB Coaches mean the coaches made of steel by RCF, Kapurthala previously built and imported from Linke-Hoffman-Busch. These coaches have large windows, are fire-proof, sound resistant and jerk free.
LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) rakes were first introduced in the Indian Railways on February 03, 2006 and the Sealdah Rajdhani got its LHB rakes on March 01, 2003. The LHB rakes are now being built at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and are the fruits of the collaboration between Indian Railways and ALSTOM-LHB GmbH, Germany. Today, LHB rakes are being predominantly used in Rajdhani and Shatabdi