Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Indian Railways plans to start manufacturing coaches for Vande Bharat trains. He further said the coaches will be manufactured at its two factories in Kapurthala and Raebareli from 2022 to 2023.
Currently, coaches for Vande Bharat trains are being manufactured in the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, he said in a written reply in Lok Sabha. Vande Bharat trains, which were introduced in 2019, are self-propelled and do not require an engine. They also run at a semi-high speed of around 160 km per hour.
At present, two pairs of Vande Bharat trains - first on the New Delhi-Varanasi route and second on the New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra route - are being operated by utilizing the available rakes, Vaishnaw added.
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