Vistadome coaches for various gauges viz. Broad Gauge, Meter Gauge and Narrow Gauge are in operation over Indian Railways network. At present, 33 Vistadome coaches are attached in 23 pairs of trains as under:-
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Sl.
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Name of Zone
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Train numbers and name
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1.
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Central Railway
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11007/08 Mumbai-Pune Express
12051/52 Mumbai-Madgaon Express
12123/24 Deccan Queen Express
12125/26 Mumbai Pune Express
12025/26 Pune – Secunderabad Express
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2.
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East Coast Railway
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08551/52 Vishakhapatnam – Kirandul Passenger
08546/45 Vishakhapatnam – Koraput Passenger
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3.
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Northeast Frontier Railway
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15777/78 Alipurduar – New Jalpaiguri Express
15887/88 Guwahati-Badarpur Express
12088/87 Guwahati - Naharlagun Express
05888/87 Guwahati – Jorhat Express
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4.
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Western Railway
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20947/50 Ahmedabad-Kevadiya Express
52965/66 Dr Ambedkar Nagar – Kalakund Train
52001/02 Bilimora – Waghai Passenger
12009/10 Mumbai – Gandhinagar Express
52003/04 Billimora-Waghai Passenger
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5.
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South Western Railway
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16539/40 Yeswantpur-Mangalore Express
16515/16 Yeswantpur-Karwar Express
16575/76 Yeswantpur-Mangalore Express
16579/80 Yeswantpur-Shivamogga Express
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6.
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Northern Railway
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52459/60 Kalka - Shimla Him Darshan
52453/54 Kalka - Shimla Mail
04647/48 Pathankot-Baijnath-Paprola
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Manufacture and Induction of more Vistadome coaches in train services is an ongoing process subject to operational feasibility, schedule of the train, traffic justification and availability of rolling stock. 12 LHB Vistadome coaches are under manufacture at Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
30 Narrow Gauge Vistadome coaches for Kalka Shimla Railway are under manufacture at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. Conversion of 10 Narrow Gauge Coaches into Vistadome coaches is underway at Northeast Frontier Railway.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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