DIMAPUR — The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has said that its rolling stock workshops at New Bongaigaon and Dibrugarh have made significant achievements in July this year, surpassing the target in terms of periodical overhauling (POH) of coaches and wagons.
“The New Bongaigaon workshop has carried out periodical overhauling (POH) of 64 Non-AC amd AC conventional coaches during this period. Similarly, the POH outturn for conventional coaches in Dibrugarh workshop went to 59 against the given target of 56 during this period,” said an update from NFR, highlighting the initiatives taken to provide a safe and smooth travel experience to passengers.
“Three non-high-speed trolleys were converted into high-speed trolleys, and 38 in-house items were manufactured during the period at New Bongaigaon workshop. Both the rolling stock workshops have already undertaken several infrastructure augmentations works for refurbishing of LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches and increasing their POH capacity. Also, Dibrugarh workshop has carried out installation of Fire Detection Systems (FSDS) 02 LHB AC coaches, with a cumulative total of 28 this fiscal year,” read the update.
The NFR said that repairing works are done as per the prescribed maintenance schedule.
The New Bongaigaon workshop converted 25 wagons to the Twin Pipe air brake system, bringing the total to 126 for the year, while the Dibrugarh Workshop modified R3 air hose pipes of seven coaches, bringing total to 38, it updated, adding that air brake pipes and fittings with standardised upgraded flexible hoses were also modified in 13 coaches in July, taking the total number of coaches modified this fiscal year to 49.