page_title: Express trains in India
section_title: Coaches
hierarchical_section_title: Express trains in India / Coaches
caption_attribution_description: English: LHB coaches of the Mysore Shatabdi Express at Mysore Railway Station.
context_page_description: Express trains are express rail services of India. Express trains make a small number of stops, unlike ordinary passenger or local trains. Because of their limited stops, these trains are able to obtain the highest speeds of any trains in India. An express train is one where the average speed, excluding halts, is greater than 36 km/h. Including halts the speed may sometimes fall into the region of around 20 km/h for express trains. In some cases, trains run express where there is overlapping local train service available, and run local at the tail ends of the line, where there is no supplemental local service.
context_section_description: The coaches in these trains are of crash-worthy design from Alstom-LHB, built by Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala. These Alstom-LHB coaches can be pulled to a speed of 160 km/h without any modification. New express coaches are made partly or completely of stainless steel, primarily motivated by lower maintenance, and higher availability. Stainless steel construction also reduces empty weight, enabling more passengers per coach. The bogies, design from Fiat, have two disk brakes per axle essential for safe operations especially at the speed of fast-express trains.
caption: Shatabdi Express LHB coaches at Mysore station
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