It has the Rake composition of One AC-2 tier, Two AC-3 tier, Seven Sleeper Class, Four General Second Class and Two Guard cum Luggage Van . The Travel Time is 13h and 15m.
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Amravati Express "'presently has 1 AC 1st Class cum AC 2 tier, 2 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved and 2 SLR ( Seating Cum Luggage Van ) coaches.
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The Golden Arrow was the best-known train of the Southern Railway, and was introduced on 15 May 1929 . The train consisted of Pullmans and luggage vans, linking London Victoria to Dover, with transfer to the French equivalent at Calais.
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The train was inaugurated and further planned to run with twelve Double Decked LHB AC Chair Car coaches, but due to technical reasons, the composition was revised to ten such coaches and two generator cum luggage vans at each end.
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The railbus is currently being refurbished, two coaches, one goods wagon and the luggage van and draisine are on active duty transporting day trippers, cyclists and railway fans with increasing success at a relaxing pace through the Verden and Kirchlinteln countryside.
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After the replacement of the AC overhead equipment by the 660 V DC third rail system adopted as standard by the SR, the carriages that formed these units were rebuilt accordingly, the Motor Luggage Vans becoming bogie goods train brake vans.
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A snapshot of the service in November 1990 included a car carrier ( AMBP ), two sleepers, a club car, another two sleepers, a first, second / buffet and second sitting cars and a luggage van, hauled by two N class locomotives.
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At this time, the typical consist comprised two / three carriages and a power / luggage van, and the southbound journey from Christchurch and Dunedin was timetabled to take 5 hours 46 minutes, with an additional 3 hours 19 minutes to reach Invercargill.
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According to Earnshaw " Many were trapped inside the burning train; injured men with no hope of escape begged their rescuers to shoot them whilst gunfire added an eerie effect to the scene as small arms and rifle shells in the luggage vans began to explode in the intense heat ."
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In 2009 KiwiRail announced that Hillside Engineering had won the contract to build 17 new passenger cars for its two South Island long distance passenger trains, the TranzAlpine and the Coastal Pacific, classed AK . Part of the project also includes converting 6 existing AG vans into 2 open-air viewing vans and 4 luggage vans.
