India's first railway coach, the ICF coach, was imported in 1955

The next coach we imported, the LHB, was in 2000

For 55 years we ran with a coach that was made before Ben Hur

After running the first LHB train in 2003, in the next 10 years, we made 2000 of these new coaches
You know how many we LHB coaches we have made from 2014 to 2021.

11200.

In the last five years, the average LHB coaches manufactured per year, exceeds the total number manufactured in previous decade.

Something has defintely changed in IR.
What do these LHB coaches do?

Higher speed, more stability, more comfort, more safety, de coaches don't topple or climb over one another in an accident. They Kill less people

And Despite having de capability to make the new Coach, the previous govt refused to do it for 10 years
Our refusal to adopt LHB coaches from 2004 to 2014, has pushed back railway modernization by at least 20 years

We were denied more comfortable and faster rail journeys simply because of the uselessness of the previous govt.

And they say Laloo Yadav is the best Railway minister.
Even today, in 2021, more than half the trains still run coaches that were manufactured in 1955.

I think, it is the only thing that was made in 1955, that is still being used today, by any country.

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