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New Delhi: Train 18 – the code name given to the India’s ambitious semi high-speed train that is a ‘Made in India’ initiative will soon roll out by September. The train that is made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) based in Chennai has the capacity to run at the speed of 160 Kmph. Here are some photographs of new "Train 18" series semi high train shared by the Indian Railways lover via twitter- [gallery size="large" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Semi high-speed Train 18" ids="15233,15234,15235,15236"] The luxury train was previously scheduled to come out in July has not been postponed to September. Sudhanshu Mani, the general manager of ICF Chennai clarified that there is no delay but only change has been the anticipated turnout time. ICF is made to promote Make in India initiative. Train 18: Made-in-India 160 kmph train. Features: * Onboard Wi-Fi and infotainment. * GPS-enabled. * Modular toilets with bio-vac...

Chennai: The Integral Coach factory  (ICF), Indian Railways coach manufacturing unit in Chennai is ready to manufacture 3,000 coaches in this financial year (2018-19). Yet officials in the railway board has asked them to cut down the production to 2,400 coaches, said the source. [caption id="attachment_12906" align="alignnone" width="900"] Rail Coach Factory (Representation Image)[/caption] This was brought to the notice of Union railway minister Piyush Goyal during his meeting at ICF on Thursday evening. Goyal was told by ICF officials that the directives of a section of Railway Board officials are contrary to Goyal"s own orders as well as the NDA government"s " Make in India " plan. After he was briefed, Goyal called the railway board officials as well as instructed his personal secretary that ICF"s coach manufacturing plans should not be scaled down at all. "The minister wants ICF to manufacture at least 6,000 coaches eve...

Chennai: Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is itching for an on-track showdown with the world"s top coach-makers in the hope that it can provide metro rail companies in the country with the most efficient and cost-effective rakes. The Chennai coach manufacturing unit, owned and operated by the Indian Railways, has approached metro rail companies, including Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL), for a trial order of one prototype rake — coaches that form an entire train — so they may compare its performance against those manufactured by firms like Germany"s Bombardier and France"s Alstom, whose coaches Indian metro rail companies currently operate. ICF rakes, made with indigenous technology, can cost just 50% of the price of foreign units, experts said on Tuesday, as the coach-maker flagged off its first high-quality rake for the Kolkata metro in the presence of Railway Board chairman A K Mittal. A couple of CMRL officials were at ICF when Mittal flagged off ...