AURANGABAD: The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture practically 1,600 coaches for the upgraded model of Vande Bharat Express trains within the coming years and every of them will price Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has stated.
He stated the superior model of Vande Bharat trains will be capable of attain most pace of 200 km per hour (kmph).
Vaishnaw was addressing the ‘Destination Marathwada’ occasion, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday night.
“The subsequent model of Vande Bharat trains will probably be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will probably be manufactured on the facility in Latur. Each coach will price Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The undertaking will create alternatives for corporations positioned in radius of 400 km to 500 km,” he added.
Talking in regards to the subsequent technology of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw stated, “The most pace of those trains will probably be 200 kmph as in comparison with 180 kmph now. First coach of this model will probably be rolled out within the subsequent 15 to 16 months.”
On challenges in manufacturing the semi-high-speed trains, the minister stated, “We succeeded in bringing down the noise degree inside them to 60-65 decibels which is lower than an plane (85-90 decibels).”
The pace of laying railway tracks has gone up since 2014, he stated. “The pace of laying railway tracks was 4 km per day previous to 2014. This has now reached 12 km per day and the federal government intends to scale this as much as 20 km per day,” Vaishnaw stated.
Aurangabad will get 5G web facility earlier than March 31, 2023, he stated. The Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) will probably be projected as an funding vacation spot by the railway ministry, Vaishnaw stated.
