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Vande Bharat manufacturing: On a fast track

​Integral Coach Factory
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​Integral Coach Factory
Vande Bharat manufacturing is on a fast track at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. The ICF has been the force behind a completely in-house design and manufacture, computer modelling and working.
​Production of coaches
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​Production of coaches
Workers are busy in production of coaches of the Vande Bharat Express at the LHB Shed in Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai. The average cost of a coach is reportedly around Rs 6 crores.
​Vande Bharat Express
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​Vande Bharat Express
The train has 16 coaches, with a total seating capacity of 1,128 passengers. Two of them at the centre are first class compartments.
​Semi-high-speed
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​Semi-high-speed
The Vande Bharat Express, also known as Train 18, is a semi-high-speed, EMU train. Speed, safety and service are the hallmarks of this train.
​More trains
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​More trains
It operates on two prominent routes. The first Vande Bharat Express train was flagged off on February 15, 2019 on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route. More are being planned.
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