NF railway to standardise rakes to ease operational constraint

Dimapur, Nov. 9 (EMN): To ease the operational constraints and ensure better availability of rakes for the running of trains on time, the NF Railway is going for standardisation of rakes, informed NF Railway chief PRO Pranav Jyoti Sharmah in a press note.
“By this, any train can be made ready for departure even when its incoming link rake is delayed for some reason or the other. Every incoming rake requires a time of at least 7 hours for thorough inspection and cleaning of the pit line. If the incoming rake is late, an identical rake of the same composition can be used to run the service. Thus punctuality can be ensured” detailed the press note received here.
For the interest of rail users as well as for maintaining punctuality of trains, six rakes of train no.15960/15969 Dibrugarh-Howrah Express, 12526-12525 Dibrugarh-Coimbatore Express and 15906-15905 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Express with composition of 2 nos.SLR, 5 nos. General second class, 1 no.AC two tier, 3 nos. AC three tier, 11 nos. Sleeper class and 1 no. pantry car coaches; while four rakes of train no. 15903-15904 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express,15930-15929 Dibrugarh-Madras Express and 15933-15934 Dibrugarh-Amritsar Express with the composition of 2 nos. SLR, 2 nos. General second class, 1 no.AC two tier, 4 nos. AC three tier, 13 nos. sleeper class and 1 no. pantry car coaches, Dibrugarh based trains have already been standardised.
Four rakes of Guwahati-based train no. 15648/15647 Guwahati-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express, 15630/15629 Guwahati-Madras Express and 15646-15645 Guwahati- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express with the composition of 2 nos.SLR, 2 nos. General second class, 1 no.AC two tier, 4 nos. AC three tier, 13 nos. sleeper class and 1 no. Pantry car coaches as well as two rakes of train no.15624/15623 Kamakhya-Bhagat ki kothi Express and 15655/15656 Kamakhya- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express with the composition of 2 nos.Chair car, 6 nos.General second class, 6 nos.Sleeper class , 2nos. AC two tier , 4 nos. AC three tier coaches; along with 15620/1519 Kamakhya-Gaya and 15621/15622 Kamakhya-Anand Vihar Expresswith the composition of 2 nos. SLR, 2 nos.General second class , 1 no.AC two tier , 2 nos.AC three tier and 8 nos. Sleeper class coaches have been standardised.
In the next phase it has been notified to standardise six rakes of Guwahati-based train no. 12505/12506 Guwahati-Anand Vihar Express, 15651-15652, 15653/15654 Guwahati-Jammu Tawi Express with the composition of 2 nos. SLR, 2nos. general second class, 1 no. AC two tier,2 nos. AC three tier , 8 nos. Sleeper class coaches together with four rakes of train no. 12508/12507, 12516/12515 Guwahati-Trivandrum Express, 15636/15635 Guwahati-Okha Express and 12514/12513 Guwahati-Secunderabad Express with the composition of 2 nos.SLR, 2 nos.General second class, 1 no.AC two tier, 4 nos. AC three tier, 13 nos. sleeper class and 1 no. Pantry car coaches.
In addition to these, the press note stated that Kamakhya-based two rakes of train no. 15668/15667 Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express, 22512/22513 Kamakhya- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express have been notified for standardisation with composition of 2 nos.SLR, 2 nos.General second class , 1no. AC two tier , 4 nos.AC three tier ,10 nos. sleeper class and 1 no.Pantry car coaches. Similarly, two rakes of train no. 15640/15643 Kamakhya-Puri Express and 82506/82505 Kamakhya-Pune Express are also notified for standardisation with the composition of 2 nos.SLR, 4 nos. General second class , 1 no.AC two tier , 2 n AC three tier and 8 nos. sleeper class coaches.