(Metro Rail News): A major development has been waiting as Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw on 27 November declared that The Integral Coach Factory situated in Chennai has been collaborating with the BEML for designing and manufacturing high speed trains with the maximum speed of 280 Kmph.
Ashiwini Vaishnaw mentioned that after the success of Vande Bharat Trains under the “ Make In India” the Indian Railways planned to design and manufacture high speed train sets. However, the Minister also stated that designing and manufacturing of high speed trains sets is a complex and technology-intensive process.
Vaishnaw also said “The train sets will have chair cars with best-in-class features, such as aerodynamic exteriors, sealed gangways, automatic doors, optimum climatic conditions inside compartments for passenger comfort, CCTV, mobile-charging facilities, optimum lighting, fire safety equipment etc.,”
The Railway Minister also said that these trainsets will be highly competitive as compared with other train sets as the cost per coach is approximated to be Rs 28 crores (excluding taxes).He added that competition of the project can be determined after the finalization of detailed design.
He also paid attention towards the technical aspects of these trains like design and manufacturing of the aerodynamic, airtight car body, design and manufacturing of electrics including propulsion for high-speed application, weight optimisation of the train sets and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) of the high speed trains.
