(1) Better safety, riding characteristics, lighter weight, longer life and higher speed are good things about LHB coaches which can more than compensate their higher cost & make them superior to ICF
(2) But necessity of 2 Generator cars with LHB coach make them a financially loss making proposition for IR.
(3) This probably is a result of improper decision made more than 2 decades back when the import/purchase was made. These factors should have been taken into account, especially when many experts had raised apprehensions on the selection/ utility of...
more... LHB coaches art our requirements, well before the contract was finalised.
(4) Paxs of IR shall be paying 10-15% extra fare due to LHB coaches compensate for loss of revenue of 2 coaches, operation & maintenance cost of generator cars.