New AC ‘Economy’ Class: 144 Coaches to Roll Out in FY 20-21, Overall Production Plan Scaled Down 41%
Indian Railways has scaled down production of coaches by 41% this year according to its revised coach production programme. Read more
Indian Railways has again floated a tender for supply and manufacture of Train-18/Vande Bharat trainset at ICF, RCF and MCF. Details inside. Read more
Vande Bharat tender process cancelled because two packet system was not followed by bidders, retendering in a week, Chairman, Railway Board clarifies Read more
ICF to lose monopoly on production of Vande Bharat trainsets as CRB announces RCF and MCF will also take up production Read more
In a twist, the Ministry of Railways is considering a proposal to create two PSUs instead of the originally planned one PSU to take over the Indian Railways' production units. Read more
Indian Railways (IR) has decided, as part of its 100 Day Plan, to conduct a detailed study on the hiving off and corporatization of its production units into a separate… Read more
Over 6,000 coaches are planned for production in 2019-20 and will include coaches for five Train--18 rakes, according to sources in Indian Railways. Read more
The Ministry of Railways has recently placed an order of 44 more rakes of the indigenously produced Train-18 rake, according to Integral Coach Factory (ICF) officials. Read more