From old ICF 12 coaches * 72 berths = 864 total berths in old Garibrath. Now 20 coaches of 3E type will give 20 * 80 = 1600 berths. This is almost adding 736 additional berths, bi-weekly so that is almost adding two new Garib raths in the route. IR can easily replicate this by converting 12/15 coach long distance trains into 20/22 coach LHB 3E rakes and add berths to the same route without introducing new trains and overcome finding new slots.

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can be made 20 coach rakes and run on daily basis, rather than weekly / bi weekly basis. This will bring down the wait list status on few important routes.

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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Indian Railways can replace these Satabdhi train rakes when they achieve their codal life and can give order to Coach Manufacturers to replace them. Taking them out is a meaningless exercise.

It's very disappointing from an ex beauracract listening to other Beauracrats for the inefficiency in not able to give a berth to Indian passengers. The Railways has upgraded ICF coaches for at least 3000 rakes till date to LHB. Consider some of them or 50 percent of them are.scrapped. what happened to remaining 1500 rakes. Why IR could not introduce one new train in last 10 years under BJP / NDA rule. Because of the politicians like Suresh Prabhu, CA like piyush Goyal, and Bureaucrats like Ashwani Vaishnavji are successfully fooled by IR beaurucracy. Why not one new train introduced till date by NDA government other than so called VBs

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happened to the 1500 rakes of ICF coaches which have codal life remaining?

These guys fool ministers with half knowledge and technocrats giving PPTs, with bombastic presentations and half truths.

If 3000 kms per year new tracks added for last 10 years to the existing 1 lakh km, can IR introduce 30 percent more trains. Why did the number of trains daily commuting came down from 13000 in 2014 to 10000 in 2024.

Please give an argument that IR is playing more than 10000 daily trains including local, MEMU, Mail, passenger trains, SF trains, Rajdhani. Shatabdi, VB, duronto, GR, Sampark Kranthi, Humsafar, etc. IR has scrapped 3500 trains after COVID 19 and is giving a goli to railway minister that they want to rationalise Optimise using IIT Bombay OR technique etc. all Humble.

Let any knowledgeable guy or IR guy respond to my narrative