Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told Parliament that Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, in collaboration with BEML is designing and manufacturing the high-speed train sets, which will have a design speed of 280 kmph.
Indian Railways to manufacture high-speed train sets with advanced features under ‘Make in India’
Following the success of Vande Bharat trains under the “Make in India” initiative, the Minister said that Indian Railways (IR) has now Designing and manufacturing of high-speed train sets.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Sudhir Gupta and Anant Nayak said that “the manufacturing cost is around Rs 28 crore per car (excluding taxes), which is highly competitive compared to other train sets”.
The minister further said that the design and manufacturing of these high-speed train sets is a complex and technology-intensive process.
He further highlighted key technical aspects such as the design as well as fabrication of the aerodynamic, airtight car body, design and fabrication of electrics including propulsion for high speed application, weight optimization of the train set and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. (HVAC) of vehicles.
He said that “The train sets will have chair cars with best-in-class features, such as aerodynamic exteriors, sealed gangways, automatic doors, optimum climatic conditions inside the coaches for passenger comfort, CCTV, mobile-charging facilities, optimum lighting, fire Safety equipment etc.”
Progress update on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project, work on undersea tunnel begins
Further, he said that after finalizing the detailed design, the completion of the project can be properly ensured.
On the other hand, he also provided an update on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project under execution with technical and financial assistance from Japan and said that so far 336 km of pier foundation, 331 km of pier construction, 260 km of girder casting and 225 km girder launching work has been completed.
He said, “The work of undersea tunnel (about 21 km) has also started.”
The 508 km long MAHSR project will have 12 stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati and the entire land required (1,389.5 hectares) has been made available. Is. Acquired, the Railway Minister said.
