Rolling Out of Indigenous LHB Train Coaches

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Last Updated : Mar 28 2018 | 11:31 AM IST
Integral Coach Factory, Chennai (ICF) has rolled out the first indigenous LHB GS coach in October' 2017 with 100% "Make in India" items, except forged wheels. The Coach is in oscillation trial stage.

7601 LHB coaches have been rolled out upto February' 2018. The production target is 3025 LHB coaches for the year 2018-19.

LHB coaches are no longer imported. The cost of imported and indigenously built Air Conditioned chair car (LWSCZAC) and First class Air Conditioned chair car (LWFCZAC) LHB coach at Rail Coach Factory (RCF) ,Kapurthala is as below:

Coach Cost of each coach in ' (crores) (approx) AC Chair car
(LWSCZAC) First AC Chair Car
(LWFCZAC)Indigenously built LHB coach (latest cost) 2.42 2.39Imported coach (Year 1999) 5.06 5.06

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First Published: Mar 28 2018 | 11:20 AM IST

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