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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 been accommodated with latest stainless steel LHB Coaches, manufactured at Kapurthala Coach Factory. It connected Kolkata, capital of West Bengal and Dhanbad, an important town 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 1st January 2015 , the train has been Cancelled/Discontinued. At present the train is laying unmaintained in platform no.16 of Howrah station. This train is considered as one of the most unsuccessful train in this route. According to recent news reports the train will be scrapped sooner then later. ==See also== * Kolkata Duronto * Delhi Duronto * Howrah - New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express * Bhagalpur - Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howrah – Dhanbad Double Decker Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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