Railway Minister flags off LHB coach, 75 Vande Bharat rakes by August 2023The Minister inspected the Vande Bharat Express coaches under production at the LHB shed of Furnishing Factory, ICF. The first two prototyp...
Railway Minister flags off LHB coach; ICF says 75 Vande Bharat rakes by August 2023The Minister inspected the Vande Bharat Express coaches under production at the LHB shed of Furnishing Factory, ICF. The first two prototyp...
Top trains may get coaches only for women, disabledAn official said that if the new non-AC coach is attached to a fully air-conditioned train, the fare for it will be lesser.
Made-in-India 160 km per hour train to run from JuneThe train is being manufactured by the Indian Railways-owned Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and is 40% cheaper than the European coaches.
Coaches with anti-collision device to be built from 2018: Piyush GoyalThe LHB coaches have in-built anti-collision devices which cause less fatalities, while more fatalities have been recorded in the ICF coach...
Conventional coaches to be replaced with modern LHB coachesCurrently, railways have about 50,000 conventional coaches which will be retrofitted with modern safety features in phases.
Railways not to launch trains on saturated routes, to retrofit old coachesThere was a review of entire safety scenario at the Railway Board meeting in the wake of the Indore-Patna Express derailment near Kanpur.
New Linke Hoffman Busch coaches on Pandian expressDivisional Railway Manager Sunil Kumar Garg, who inaugurated the service yesterday, said the new coaches weigh 15 per cent less than the ol...
Suresh Prabhu unveils LHB Unit at Integral Coach Factory in ChennaiRailways Minister Suresh Prabhu today launched the LHB unit at the Integral Coach Factory here, set up at a cost of Rs 252 crore.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to launch 50,000th coach on July 6Railways will roll out its 50,000th coach on July 6, marking a momentous occasion for the national transporter in achieving a record perfor...
Integral Coach Factory to produce over 360 LHB rail coaches in two yearsThe production unit of Indian Railways manufacturing passenger coaches had for the first time produced three variants of LHB EOG shells dur...
Nine rail corridors to have 160-200 km per hour speedRailways has identified nine corridors for taking action to raise the speed of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph, the Rajya Sabha was told t...
Anubhuti coach design being finalised; to have 56 seatsDesign specifications of the AC luxury class 'Anubhuti' coaches are being finalised at Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
- Railways to equip doubledecker coaches with fire safety system
Railways has decided to equip all new doubledecker coaches with automatic smoke detector systems to prevent any fire incident.
- Railways yet to put safety measures on fast track
Despite the recurring train accidents, railways are yet to put the much-needed safety measures, including installation of TPWS and replacem...
- Railways to double up production of new age LHB coaches
Railways have decided to double the production of new age LHB coaches keeping in mind their enhanced safety features.
- Mail/Express trains to have LHB coaches as safety measure
To minimise casualties after derailments, the Railways are contemplating switching over from indigenous ICF coaches to German technology ba...