In 2019, a Vande Bharat train was flagged off for its maiden run on the New Delhi-Varanasi route.
Last September, Indian Railways floated an updated tender for acquiring 44 semi-high-speed Vande Bharat trains, mandating 75% of domestic components. They will also incorporate better seats featuring a ‘pushback arrangement’ for reclining. The new trains will feature four emergency windows for easy evacuation of travellers in case of an emergency, disaster lights in all coaches as well as additional emergency push buttons (four per coach).Īs part of the upgrade, the coaches will include a centralised coach monitoring system for all electrical, climate control, and other important functions of the train set.
These trains will be produced in Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, Modern Coach Factory, Rae Bareilly, and Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.Īccording to a senior official, the first prototype rake is tentatively planned to be delivered in March next year, which is expected to commence services by June next year.
This tender has invited bids for the design, development, manufacture, integration and trails of traction propulsion electrics for the production of 58 rakes of Vande Bharat trains.
