NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, APRIL 1
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) that manufactures railway coaches, Vande Bharat trains, and others, rolled out 2,829 railway coaches in FY24, including 51 Vande Bharat trains, up from 2,702 coaches produced in FY23. This year’s out turn of ICF marks the highest number of DPRS (Distributed Power Rolling Stock) coaches viz 1,091. Earlier, the highest production of DPRS coaches was 996 in the production year 2018-19, announced U Subba Rao, General Manager, ICF.
The GM also congratulated staff and officers of ICF for the above achievements and distributed sweets to them on Monday.
- Earlier, the highest production of DPRS coaches was 996 in the production year 2018-19
- U Subba Rao, General Manager, ICF. He also congratulates staff and officers of ICF for the above achievements and distributes sweets to them on Monday
The remaining 1,738 are LHB coaches. DPRS type of coaches include Vande Bharat, EMU, MEMU, etc. It is pertinent to mention here that the man hours needed for production of DPRS coaches is comparatively much higher than that is required for production of normal LHB coaches.
The other highlights of 2023-24 production by ICF are:
- Highest number of 51 Vande Bharat rakes production by ICF. Of these 45 rakes are 8 car rakes and 6 rakes are 16 car rakes. During the previous year, 12 rakes of Vande Bharat trains were manufactured by ICF.
- 2 rakes of 22 coaches each for Amrit Bharat Express which provides better facilities for long distance passengers in unreserved coaches as well, such as folding snack table, mobile holders, cushioned luggage rakes, charging points, etc.
- Highest number of 19 Self-propelled Inspection Cars for safety inspections in the Zonal railways.
- The first Oscillograph Monitoring Car for RDSO, Lucknow, that will help Indian Railways to validate the quality of journey for passengers in new coaches.
