Vande Bharat trains: Latest version to leave factory by Aug 12; commercial run by November after trialsThe trial of the train will be conducted from Kota in Rajasthan to Nagda section of Madhya Pradesh. The trial speed of the train will be 10...
28 Jul, 2022, 10.05 AM IST
New, upgraded Vande Bharat trains to cost about Rs 115 crore each: Officials"The cost of manufacturing a 16-coach Vande Bharat train would be roughly Rs 110 crore to Rs 120 crore. You may say, it is Rs 115 crore on ...
28 May, 2022, 10.01 PM IST
Travelling on Rajdhani trains with modern Tejas-type coaches to get costlierSources said all Rajdhani trains will gradually become Tejas-Rajdhani trains and the increased base fare will kick in besides flexi fare.
12 Apr, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Railways to roll out Tejas sleeper coaches; 500 to be manufactured in FY 21-22With the introduction of this modern Tejas Sleeper type train for long distance journey, the Indian Railway is making a paradigm shift in t...
12 Feb, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
Railway Ministry increases localisation content in Vande Bharat train sets to 75%, floats fresh "indigenous" tenderThe train sets will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala and the Mode...
21 Sep, 2020, 08.55 PM IST
ICF to roll out over 3000 coaches this fiscal, among largest railcar builders in world"The rate at which ICF is producing the coaches, it will certainly end up at over 3,200 this (financial) year.
06 Mar, 2019, 03.45 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi insulted India's intelligence and hardworking railway engineers: Piyush Goyal'Make In India' is a success and a part of crores of Indian lives. Your family had 6 decades to think, wasn't that enough?", said Goyal.
17 Feb, 2019, 09.40 PM IST
Modern Coach Factory floats Rs 150 crore tender for technology to produce first 'Make In India' metro coach"The tender will open on 29 February, 2019 and by 2021 we should be able to come out with the first such coach," said the source involved i...
27 Jan, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
Narendra Modi slams Congress in Sonia Gandhi's stronghold Raebareli16 Dec, 2018, 02.11 PM IST
On Sonia Gandhi's turf, PM Modi to showcase Make in IndiaPM’s visit is likely to counter the opposition’s charge by showing how the factory in Sonia Gandhi’s constituency has potential to become a...
15 Dec, 2018, 10.39 AM IST
Railways to produce metro rail coaches under Make In India initiativeFor the first time, Indian Railways will manufacture metro rail coaches at its Rae Bareilly based factory under the Make In India scheme, a...
18 Oct, 2018, 09.17 PM IST
MCF plans to ramp up production capacity from 1000 to 2000 coaches per year by 2020-21Modern Coach Factory (MCF) is a rail coach manufacturing unit of the Indian Railways at Lalganj near Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh.
08 Oct, 2018, 09.16 PM IST
Railways introduce upgraded 'Humsafar' coachesThe coaches will also have mobile charging points and reading lights for each passenger along with easy upper berth climbing arrangement af...
14 Jun, 2017, 07.30 PM IST
Railways trying all possibilities to reduce accidents, but do they have financial muscle?After Indore-Patna express derailment, Railways is keen to quicken pace of replacing all coaches with LHB coaches, a process that was first...
11 Dec, 2016, 10.31 AM IST
New coach factory at Kolar gets Cabinet nodThe coach factory, expected to foster economic development of the state, will be set up with an estimated cost of Rs 1,460.92 crore.
28 Feb, 2014, 05.11 PM IST
- Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate Rae Bareli coach factory
The inauguration of the Rs 1,685 crore coach factory was delayed for more than a year due to the vexed issue of compensation to farmers who...
06 Nov, 2012, 06.34 PM IST
- Decks cleared for formal commissioning of Rs 1,685 crore Rae Bareli coach factory
Railways have just released Rs 150 crore for the factory and preparations are afoot for the formal commissioning of it by Sonia Gandhi shor...
16 Oct, 2012, 02.57 PM IST