Railways Rolls Out 50,000th Coach

06 July, Chennai

Railways Monday rolled out its 50,000th coach with Minister Suresh Prabhu emphasises to “think differently” for the 100,000th coach.

Rolling out the coach, manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Chennai, through video conferencing from New Delhi, Prabhu said it is totally different from the first coach rolled out from the factory over 60 years ago.

He said that there have been many changes in terms of quality,interior design, speed, fuel consumption, noise reduction in the coach manufacturing technology since the first coach was manufactured. He hoped that the 100,000th coach will be different from the today’s coach as the technology is changing fast.

Integral Coach Factory was set up in 1955. ICF manufactures various types of AC and non-AC coaches including EMUs (Electrical Multiple Units) and DEMU (Diesel Electrical Multiple Units).