Ministry of Indian Railways announces to launch of 4 new Vande Bharat trains every month from the month of September. In which of the following manufacturing facility of Indian Railways are the Vande Bharat coaches are being manufactured?

Ministry of Indian Railways announces to launch of 4 new Vande Bharat trains every month from the month of September. In which of the following manufacturing facility of Indian Railways are the Vande Bharat coaches are being manufactured? Correct Answer Integral Coach Factory, Perambur Chennai.

The correct solution is integral to Coach Factory, Perambur Chennai.

Key Points

  •  Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav during the National Railways Award ceremony announced that every month 4-5 Vande Bharat trains will be flagged off from the month of September.
  • Two new trains will be launched in the month of August on a trial basis. 
  • The ICF coach factory is expected to bring 75 new Vande Bharat trains by August 2023, on the auspicious occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
  • Currently, two Vande  Bharat trains are running via the route of New Delhi to Varanasi and New Delhi to Vaishnodevi Katra.

Additional Information

  • Ministry of Railways.
  • ​​Formation         -             March 1905.
  • Headquarters    -             Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • Union Minister   -             Ashwini Vaishnav.
  • Minister of State -            Raosaheb Danve
  • Lord Dalhousie is known as the Father of Indian Railways.
  • In 2017, the railway budget was merged with the union budget under Arun Jaitley as the Finance Minister, ending the practice that began in 1924.

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