The Ministry of Railways has set a production target of 200 Vande Bharat
trains for the next two years, besides setting a target to run the first
sleeper version of Vande Bharat by the first quarter of 2024.
Tata Steel
to manufacture 22 Vande Bharat trains in next one year Pic: PTI File
The Indian Railways has signed an
agreement with Tata Steel under which the company will manufacture 22 trains of
the country's fastest and feature-rich Vande Bharat Express in the coming year.
The Ministry of Railways has set a
production target of 200 Vande Bharat trains for the next two years, besides
setting a target to run the first sleeper version of Vande Bharat by the first
quarter of 2024.
Keeping this in view, an agreement
has been signed between Indian Railways and Tata Steel on several schemes to
speed up the production work.
The seats in the Vande Bharat
Express, from first AC to three-tier coaches, will now be manufactured by Tata
Steel. The contract for making Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches of the train
has also been given to the company, under which structures of panels, windows
and railways are being prepared.
Under the scheme, at present, the
Indian Railways has given a tender of about Rs 145 crore to the multinational
steel company for manufacturing the parts of the train, which is to be
completed in 12 months.
The composites division of Tata Steel
started working in this direction after receiving a bulk order for seating
system of Vande Bharat Express, including 22 train sets with 16 coaches each.
Debashish Bhattacharya, Vice
President (Technology and New Materials Business), Tata Steel, said: "The
seats of this train are specially designed, which can rotate up to 180-degree
and have aircraft-like passenger amenities which are a first in India."
According to sources, Tata Steel is
constantly engaged in increasing its stake in the Railways and has also posted
officials for coordinating with the Railways.
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