Chennai factory aims to build 75 Vande Bharat trains in a year: Official

Chennai's Integral Coach Factory sets up target as govt aims to have 475 new such trains by 2024-25

The Integral Coach Factory in Chennai will build at least 75 new Vande Bharat trains within a year, a top ICF official told Business Standard.

The government aims to have 475 new Vande Bharat trains by 2024-25, aiming to use their indigenous manufacturing to highlight its Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign. “ICF is on track to manufacture 75 new trains within a year’s time. The remaining targets will be based on what the Railways ministry decides,” said Atul Agarwal, general manager, ICF.

ICF has set the manufacturing target at a time when the final trial of the third Vande Bharat train, between Ahmedabad and