What is the benefit of running a train with LHB coaches and constantly running 4-6 hrs late. Other thing is I don't see any benefits of running LHB coaches other than safety, which can be provided by CBC couplers in conventional coaches. If talking about seats in a 22 coacher LHB in which 2 are SLR there is 1600 seats and in 24 coach normal train in which 2 are SLR there is 1584 seats. Then why is so much unnecessary hype about LHB. LHB is good for Raj and Duranto for 160 kmph operational speed. But according to RSDO 130 is fit for CBC coupled coaches. Please... more...
let's have some sensible discussion on this topic.
"This all details were given by Sabyasachi Sir" who is an IRI member.. Doesn't matters whether pasted from quora or irfca , knowledge should be provided and the "Misconceptions" that are present in mind should be cleared off. Thanks.
भारतीय रेलवे एक तरफ गर्मी में आम मुसाफिरों की सुविधा के लिए स्पेशल ट्रेनों का संचालन कर रहा है तो दूसरी तरफ परीक्षाओं में शामिल होने वाले स्टूडेंट्स क... ...
Mumbai: The Konkan Railway is planning track doubling on certain patches along the 741-km corridor and is waiting for the green signal from the railway board, said a top official on Thursday. ...
पैसेंजर्स की सुविधा और उनकी यात्रा मांग को पूरा करने के लिए सेंट्रल रेलवे स्पेशल किराये पर 6 समर स्पेशल ट्रेनें चलाने का फैसला लिया है. ये ट्रेनें मुंबई से बनारस और पनवेल से छपरा के लिए चलेंगी. ...
In a significant development within the Indian Railways, the Sealdah Rail Division retracted an earlier directive that had suspended the issuance of T/A 912, a crucial document for train operations. This document, a written authority letter provided by the station master to train drivers, allows them to bypass red signals in...
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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