BEML to start manufacturing bullet train by Sept

STATE-OWNED BEML will begin manufacturing India's first bullet train prototype in September this year at its existing facility in Bengaluru, which also produces Vande Bharat sleeper trainsets.

- MANU KAUSHIK

The first bullet trainset is slated for speed testing by December next year, BEML chairman and managing director Shantanu Roy told FE. BEML has been awarded the contract for the design, manufacturing, and commissioning of two high-speed trainsets.

"The work is at the design stage right now. The critical design part should be over in a couple of months, and we will start the manufacturing activity by September. It involves a lot of new learning and the next level of technology in areas like passenger safety, sheet metal work, welding, signalling, and train control management system (TCMS)," Roy said.