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Double Decker Express
On Indian Railways, The Double Decker Express is a series of express trains composed of bi-level seating arrangements for railway passengers, operated by the Indian Railways. These trains were started for shorter routes in order to serve more people than a traditional chair car carriage. This type of train permitted the passengers to catch the train at the last minute of the journey with a confirmed reservation. These days, the stainless steel LHB Coaches built at Kapurthala Coach Factory are utilized in AC Double Decker Trains.. This type of trains was introduced on short travel routes and to cater more people than a conventional chair car carriage. This also allowed the passengers to plan last-minute journeys with confirmed reservations. Latest stainless steel LHB coaches, manufactured at Kapurthala Coach Factory are being used for AC Double Decker trains. The Howrah–Dhanbad AC Double Decker Express was the first of its type to be introduced. Currently, new era of Double Dec ...
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Bangalore City Railway Station
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru Station, commonly known as KSR Bengaluru station, Bengaluru City railway station or Bangalore City railway station (station code: SBC) is the main railway station serving the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is the busiest railway station in South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is located across the Kempegowda Bus Station. The station has 10 platforms and three entrances. History The establishment of the British cantonment in 1809 made Bangalore a crucial military hub in South India. Soon enough, a need arose to establish more transportation links between the new civil and military outpost with the colonial administrative headquarters in Madras. In the 1840s, proposals for these railway lines were debated in the British Parliament, a move supported by traders and shipping companies. In Bangalore, Sir Mark Cubbon pushed for the development of the railway link during his tenure as the Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg ...
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Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad Double Decker Express
The 12931 / 12932 Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad Double Decker Express is a Double Decker Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai Central (MMCT) and Ahmedabad Junction (ADI) in India. It runs 6 days in week except Sunday. It operates as train number 12931 from Mumbai Central to Ahmedabad Junction and as train number 12932 in the reverse direction. On 20 March 2017, the exteriors of the train departing Mumbai Central were covered with vinyl wrapping advertisements becoming the Indian Railway's first "branded" train. The advertisements were for soap brand Savlon, as part of its Savlon Swasth India Mission, a social awareness initiative for promoting hand hygiene. Coach composition 12931 / 12932 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Double Decker Express had 11 AC Chair Car & 2 EOG cars. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended depending on demand. Service 12931 / 12932 Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Double Decker Express was first ...
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Flying Ranee
The 12921/12922 ''Flying Ranee'' is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between (MMCT) and (ST) in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12922 from Surat to Mumbai Central and as train number 12921 in the reverse direction. Coaches Flying Ranee presently has 2 AC Chair Car, 3 General second class, 1 First Class & 12 Double Decker non-AC coaches. This train would earlier carry a pantry car but this has been removed and replaced with a Second Chair Car coach. Service Flying Raneeis a classic train that started in India in its Pre-Independence phase. This classic train started operating from the year 1906. But in the year 1914 on 24 April, it was discontinued. The Flying Ranee was restarted on 1 May 1937 as a weekend special. It ran between 1937 and 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II. Since then, it had been discontinued and restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been r ...
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Chennai - Bangalore AC Double Decker Express 22626
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Kacheguda–Tirupati Double Decker Express
The Kacheguda–Tirupati AC Double Decker Express was a Superfast Express connecting Hyderabad and Tirupati cities. It was one of the first AC Double Decker Express in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ... alongside Guntur–Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express. It had CZDAC coaches (AC chair-car) and VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection with Alarm system), first of its kind, in a double-decker train. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kacheguda-Tirupati Double Decker Express Transport in Tirupati Transport in Hyderabad, India Double-decker trains of India Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Rail transport in Telangana Railway services introduced in 2014 Railway services discontinued in 2016 Defunct trains in India ...
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Howrah–Dhanbad Double Decker Express
The Howrah–Dhanbad Double Decker Express was a Superfast train of Indian Railways, which was the first of its type to be introduced. It was accommodated with latest stainless steel LHB coach, manufactured at Kapurthala Coach Factory. It connected Kolkata, capital of West Bengal and Dhanbad, an important city in Jharkhand. With this India joins the league of Europe and North America that run double-decker trains. This new AC design had several features namely stainless steel body, high-speed Eurofima design bogies with air springs and fire safety-features. The coaches had a control discharge toilet system. The train comprised five AC Double Deck Chair Cars and two End-On-Generation Vans. This train was regularly hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive. Sometimes, a WAP-4 locomotive was also be seen as an off-link. The train last ran in December 2014. Since 1 January 2015, the train has been cancelled/discontinued. At present the train is lying unmaintained in platform no.16 of Howrah stat ...
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Habibganj–Indore Junction AC Double Decker Express
The 22183 / 84 Bhopal Habibganj–Indore Junction AC Double Decker Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways – West Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22183 from Bhopal Habibganj to Indore Junction and as train number 22184 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Madhya Pradesh. Coaches The 22183 / 84 Bhopal Habibganj–Indore Junction AC Double Decker Express on introduction had 11 AC Chair Car coaches but owing to poor response presently has only 3 AC Chair Car coaches. It does not have a pantry car. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service 22183 Bhopal Habibganj–Indore Junction AC Double Decker Express covers the distance of 224 kilometres in 3 hours 35 mins (62.51 km/hr) & in 4 hours 00 mins as 22184 Indore Junction–Bhopal Habibganj AC Double Decker Express (5 ...
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Guntur–Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express
The Guntur–Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express was a Superfast Double Decker train belonging to South Central Railway zone that used to run between and in India. It was operated with 22117/22118 train numbers on bi-weekly basis. Service The 22117/Guntur–Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express has an average speed of 56 km/hr and covers 287 km in 5h 10m. The 22118/Kacheguda–Guntur AC Double Decker Express has an average speed of 57 km/hr and covers 287 km in 5h 5m. Route and halts The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * Coach composition The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 10 coaches: * 8 AC Chair Car (Double Decker) * 2 End-on Generator Traction Both trains are hauled by a Gooty Loco Shed-based WDM-3A diesel locomotive from Guntur to Hyderabad and vice versa. Direction reversal The train shares its rake with 22119/22120 Kacheguda–Tirupati Double Decker Express. See also * G ...
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Bhopal–Indore AC Double Decker Express
Bhopal–Indore AC Double Decker Express (22185 down / 22186 up) was a Superfast AC train service, connecting Bhopal to Indore, both within the state of Madhya Pradesh. It will cover 224 kilometres between and in around 4 hours . Features It consists of 11 AC coaches. Its all the classes are GPS-enabled and provide information such as current train speed, distance to final destination, distance to next stop, stoppage station name and timing performance on an LCD A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but i ... display. The train started its services in September 2013. See also indiarailinfo.comindiarailinfo.com References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhopal-Indore Double Decker Express Railway services introduced in 2013 Double-decker trains of India Transport in Indore Transport ...
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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon AC Double Decker Express
11085/11086 & 11099/11100 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon Junction AC Double Decker Express was the Double Decker trains of Indian Railways, which were the first of its type to be introduced. They are accommodated with latest stainless steel LHB coach. They link Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra and Madgaon, an important town in Goa through Konkan Railway. The Double Decker express was discontinued by railways due to less occupancy and substituted with a regular express equipped with LHB coachin November 2022. Coaches The 11085/11086 & 11099/11100 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon Junction AC Double Decker Express had 6 AC Chair Car & 2 EOG cars. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended depending on demand. Service 11085/11086 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon Junction AC Double Decker Express was first introduced on 7 December 2015. it runs twice a week. The 11099/11100 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madgaon Junction AC Double Decker Express was ...
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Visakhapatnam–Tirupati Double Decker Express
The 22707 / 22708 Visakhapatnam – Tirupati AC Double Decker Express is a superfast train belonging to South Coast Railways of Indian Railways connecting Visakhapatnam and Tirupati both in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Previously this train was introduced between Kacheguda (Hyderabad)– section as Guntur–Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express & Kacheguda (Hyderabad)– section as Kacheguda–Tirupati Double Decker Express, but both trains were not successful on those routes due to low commuter traveling. So this train was canceled on those routesthehindu.com
Retrieved 12 August 2017 and transferred on a busy and profitable route i.e. Visakhapatnam - Tirupati section.


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