IANS | 02 Apr, 2024
The city-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) that manufactures railway
coaches, Vande Bharat trains, and others, rolled out 2,829 railway
coaches in FY24, up from 2,702 coaches produced in FY23.
This year’s outturn 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.
The DPRS-type coaches include Vande Bharat, Electric
Multiple Unit (EMU), Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) and others.
It is pertinent to mention here that the man hours needed for the
production of DPRS coaches is comparatively much higher than that
required for the production of normal Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches.
The remaining 1,738 are LHB coaches.
As per the ICF, the other highlights of 2023-24 production are:
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The highest number of 51 Vande Bharat rakes produced 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 the
ICF.
* Two rakes of 22 coaches each for Amrit Bharat Express,
which provides better facilities for long-distance passengers in
unreserved coaches, such as folding snack tables, mobile holders,
cushioned luggage rakes, charging points, and others.
* The highest number of 19 Self-propelled Inspection Cars for safety inspections in the zonal railways.
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The first Oscillograph Monitoring Car for the Research Design and
Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow, that will help Indian Railways
validate the quality of journey for the passengers in the new coaches.
