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Rlys to ICF: Make trains that can run at 250 kmph
June 07, 2024
|Business Standard
In a first, the Ministry of Railways has asked its production unit, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, to manufacture two trains that can run at 250 km per hour (kmph).
In a letter dated June 4, the Railway Board asked the ICF to develop these two trains as part of its production programme for 2024-25.
The trains will be built with a steel body and have a maximum speed of 250 kmph and a running speed of 220 kmph. It will be built on standard gauge.
According to officials, the trains will be based on the Vande Bharat platform as part of the transporter's plan to increase the speed of future Vande Bharat trains.
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