FYI. There is no coach shortage in SWR now. We are witnessing lot of specials with dedicated rakes and also spare rakes are arranged incase of delays of pairing trains. Also, lot of old ICF rakes are parked in smaller stations of Karnataka.
Coming to the topic of this train, they have created an RSA with MAQ express (6 days). Hence, there is rake shortage to run this for 3 days to KCG. They wll justify the same saying no rake available due to RSA. Pre-covid era this train was with...
more... a dedicated LHB rake and hence no problem then.
please wait...Translate to EnglishJust an update. There ain't no shortage of coaches in SWR now. We're seeing a bunch of special trains with their own sets of coaches and even some extra coaches in case other trains get delayed. And guess what? They're parking a bunch of old ICF rakes at smaller stations in Karnataka. Pretty cool, huh?
Now, let's talk about this specific train. They've decided to share coaches with the MAQ express for 6 days. So, for 3 days to KCG, they're gonna use that excuse of not having enough coaches due to the sharing arrangement. Back in the good old days before COVID, this train had its own LHB rake, so no issues back then.