The Indian Railways has floated a fresh tender for domestic manufacturers for the procurement of Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 to source 44 train sets. This is for the fourth time that the national transporter has floated a tender for these trains, after the previous three tenders were derailed.
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has floated the tender and the date of opening of tenders will be November 11. A pre-bid meeting in this regard is expected to take place on September 29. The fresh tender will have provisions to manufacture Vande Bharat Train Sets at all