 INDIA'S FIRST EVER AC DOUBLE DECKER TRAIN FLAGGED OFF |
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The first double decker air
conditioned train between Howrah and Dhanbad was flagged off on 1 Oct
2011.
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Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi flagged off the country's
first double-decker superfast train from Howrah in West Bengal to Dhanbad in
Jharkhand.
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The
12383 Up/12384 Dn fully air-conditioned Howrah-Dhanbad Express will run five
days a week.
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"It
has much more comfort level than other trains. It is India's first
double-decker train," said a senior Eastern Railway official.
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| The train, comprising nine coaches, including seven air-conditioned double-decker chair cars, will have 128 seats in each coach and two generator cars. | ||||||||||||||
It
will have a maximum permissible speed of 110 kmph. The diatance between
Howrah and Dhanbad is about 270 km.
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It
will start from Dhanbad at 5.00 a.m. every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday and arrive at Howrah four hours later at 9.15 a.m.
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