ICF to produce metro rail coaches from this year

Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Perambur (Chennai) will manufacture Metro rail coaches from the current financial year, said AK Agarwal, General Manager, ICF. They would be turning out Metro coaches for Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation and Garib Rath air conditioned tier-III coaches in the current financial year 2022-23. Announcing that ICF has planned to manufacture 3,500 coaches in 50 variants, including Vistadome dining cars, which would be run in Gujarat come September, in addition to Vande Bharat rakes. Gatishakti freight train in Vande Bharat platform and steam engine themed heritage train with electric propulsion in Vande Bharat platform would also manufactured at ICF.