Brahmaputra Mail to be converted into LHB rake

The IconicBrahmaputra Mail will no longer be the blue train we used to see as marking thebeginning of a new era, the Brahmaputra Mail will be converted into a LinkeHofmann Busch (LHB) coaches from July 20.

Thestep was taken to ensure safe, speedy and comfortable travel, informedNortheast Frontier Railway (NF Railway).

Iconic Brahmaputra Mail running between Dibrugarh and Delhi set to become fully LHB with effect from 20th July. Safer, more comfortable coaches for better travel experience to the national capital from NE pic.twitter.com/Gsw3IVPZ45

— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) July 16, 2019

LinkeHofmann Busch (LHB) coaches are the passenger coaches of Indian Railways thathave been developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany and mostly produced byRail Coach Factory in Kapurthala. The coaches are designed for an operatingspeed up to 160 km/h and could go up to 200 km/h.