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After Train 18, ICF to develop Train 19, sleeper version of Train 18

Rajesh Agrawal said that ICF would roll out 40 Vande Bharat Express train sets in the future

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Vande Bharat Express. Photo: PTI

T E Narasimhan Chennai
After successfully developing Train 18, now named Vande Bharat Express, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, has now decided to take up the design, development and production of Train 19, a sleeper version of Train 18.

Speaking to reporters, Rajesh Agrawal, Member (Rolling Stock), said that this year ICF would take up the design, development and production of Train 19 train sets, which are similar to Rajadhani Express.

He also said that ICF would roll out 40 Vande Bharat Express train sets in the future after replacing the the driver cabin crash guard with one made of aluminium.

He noted that in