Trial run completed for 18 new passenger rail coaches imported from India in Syedpur
The trial run has been completed at the Syedpur Railway Workshop in greater Nilphamari after technical tests of 18 new passenger rail coaches imported from India. The coaches left the Syedpur workshop for Panchagarh for the trial run at about 11 am last Sunday. Syedpur railway workshop authorities confirmed this.
According to railway sources, 18 coaches of the first consignment, out of 200 LHB broad gauge rail coaches imported from India for Bangladesh Railway, reached the Syedpur workshop at 4 am on 17 October. After that, special deprocessing, mechanical tests and commissioning work were done there. After the tests, they left for the trial run yesterday Sunday with the help of the necessary locomotive and crew craft.
More than 100 technicians and engineers of the workshop took part in the trial run, including Divisional Superintendent (DS) Mr. Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad. A special expert team of Indian Railways is also with them.
DS Mr. Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad said that after various tests at the workshop, the coaches were given a trial run up to Panchagarh. If the trial run is successful, they will be handed over to the railway traffic department.
It is to be noted that these coaches, built to European standards, have anti telescopic and anti climbing features. So in case of an accident or collision, the coaches will not climb over each other. They have the improved CBC coupling in place of the old screw coupling system, so there will be much less jerking and the journey will be comfortable. The coaches also have a separate baby care room for passengers travelling with small children. A prayer room has been kept in the coach.
Keeping in mind the real condition of Bangladesh Railway and the habit of extra passengers travelling on the roof, the roof of the coaches has been strengthened structurally to carry extra weight. The interior decoration of the coaches is quite modern. The seats can be folded. The coaches have an integrated CCTV surveillance system and a passenger alarm system for emergencies.
