Reliability of LHB coaches poorer than ICF coaches in comparison with more amount of secondary detachment, asset failure and punctuality losses (due to speed restrictions). Main causes are poor infrastructure for handling, using indigenous items with poor reliability in place of foreign items and poor gross to tare ratio(different then specification of Alstom) Source-(RDSO report ) . Along with it is a picture of condition of rubber items during SS in workshops where the condition of most items deteriorates and failure rate is b/w 60 to 140℅.