Rs 55,000-crore Vande Bharat sleeper manufacture plans again on observe as authorities okays authentic design of coaches | India Information

NEW DELHI: The difficulty of 4 bogs as an alternative of three in every coach of Vande Bharat sleeper trains and a pantry automotive in each trainset, which had held up the Rs 55,000 crore undertaking, has been resolved, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated on Wednesday. He stated they’ll go together with the unique design of coaches with three bogs and no pantry automotive in every prepare since these are meant for in a single day journeys.
Kinet Railway Options, the SPV of Russian railway main TMH and Indian Railways’ PSU, RVNL, which has bagged a contract to fabricate 1,920 sleeper coaches or 80 trainsets, had raised concern over the change in design and had sought a better value. “Since there is no change in the original design, there is no need for revising the cost,” Vaishnaw stated.
Sources stated the railway board had knowledgeable their choice to Kinet Railway Options within the final week of December. The manufacturing of the primary prototype is probably going within the subsequent one yr. In addition to Kinet, the railways has awarded a consortium of Bharat Heavy Electricals Restricted (BHEL) and Titagarh Rail Programs (TRS) the contract to fabricate 1,280 coaches or 53 trainsets. Furthermore, a contract for provide of 10 Vande Sleeper trains has been awarded to BEML and Integral Coach Manufacturing facility (ICF), Chennai on nomination foundation.
On the problem of considerations relating to procurement of bullet trains from Japan, officers stated all points have been resolved and India will get Shinkansen E5 bullet trains to ply on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad hall. “We will get the train with the best available technology. Techniques for developing bullet train infrastructure are being indigenised and those will be used in future projects,” an official stated.
He added that Japanese counterparts have appreciated the great progress made in India and the know-how for launching 40-metre girders for bullet prepare tasks and they’re going to import this from India.