A Project for acquisition of 15 Train sets was sanctioned in Railway Budget of 2015-16. Two stage bidding process was carried out for procurement cum maintenance of EMU Train Sets. Five bidders qualified in the Request for Qualification (RFQ) stage concluded on 12th September, 2015. However, no bid was received in the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage on the bid due date of May 02, 2016. Now, Fifteen Train sets, fit to run 160 Kmph, have been planned for production in Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, over the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. 

At present, the section between Hazrat Nizamuddin & Agra Cantt. is capable to handle 160 kmph speed. In addition, two works of speed raising for 160 kmph/200 kmph have been included in Railway’s works program 2017-18 for New Delhi-Howrah (including Kanpur-Lucknow) and New Delhi-Mumbai Central routes (including Vadodara-Ahmedabad). 

This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 28.07.2017 (Friday). 
 

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