Titagarh to roll out India’s first private sleeper Vande Bharats by late 2025
Mint in an interview. “Our trains, the prototype, will be ready by June 2025. After the approval of the first prototype, say in two months time, we will supply 16 sleeper Vande Bharat trains over the next 12 months with deliveries starting from the first month onwards.
In all, 80 trains will be delivered to the Indian Railways in four years from the approval of prototype," Chowdhary said. Titagarh Rail Systems is the largest private company engaged in the manufacturing of freight and passenger rolling stock in the country. The company is investing ₹1,000 crore to expand its operations, largely to strengthen its production line of the passenger rail systems, that would also involve manufacturing of Vande Bharat trains and metro rail coaches.
Around ₹400 crore have been spend already and the remaining investments will now be invested over the next two years. TRSL and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) consortium have bagged orders for 80 stainless steel Vande Bharat sleeper trains (1,280 coaches) worth ₹10,000 crore from the Indian Railways.
The contract also involves a 35-year annual maintenance contract (AMC) worth ₹14,000 crore. The company has already invested heavily into its West Bengal based Uttarpara plant that would make major portion of the 80 Vande Bharat trains for which orders are in place. Electrical components for the train will be supplied by consortium partner BHEL.
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