This is a worst policy decision to replace shatabdhi trains with 20 coach VB rakes. The VB have to add much needed AC chaircar seats than replace. This is a classical mistake of replacing ICF coach rakes by LHB coaches and say we achieved a lot. It is a retrograde step by Indian Railways. Let Shatabdhi express run and they can even be replaced with new coaches of LHB rakes rather than replacing with VB rakes. It is basically not acknowledging that we need more trains and seats capacity in Indian market. In my view, all Shatabdhi express trains have to be made 22 coach with LHB AC seaters and expand the capacity as there is already inherent demand for these routes and Shatabdhi trains.

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It's been super long that AC CC, AC EC , Non AC CC in LHB aren't manufactured. I haven't come across any update on these coaches being produced. Few prominent InterCity's are still in ICF for same. Once all of these are in abundant maybe we can see such.

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