Kazipet rail manufacturing unit nears completion and will begin manufacturing intercity trains: Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Delhi, May 28
The Indian Railways' rail manufacturing unit in Kazipet nears completion. This versatile rolling stock facility is set to manufacture 200 intercity trains over the next five years.
The Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Union Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, reviewed the plans to operationalise the Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit today, along with senior officials.
According to the Ministry of Railways, these trains will be deployed throughout the country for short-distance travel. They will have frequent stops. These trains will typically run for about 300 km. Each trip will have many stops so that the citizens can commute between towns and cities. Be it students going for higher education in their adjacent towns, or common people commuting for their health and work needs.
These trains will give the people a new, affordable option for intercity travel. These intercity trains will be like shuttle services connecting adjacent towns across India. With the production of these trains, a large amount of local traffic is likely to move to railways from roads.
The intercity trains will be equipped with modern features like automatic door closing, superior ventilation and a safe coach design with a 20-coach configuration. There will be two toilets in every coach, one at each end, as per the ministry.
In addition, these intercity trains will have modern jerk-free couplers and bogies. These trains will be designed to run at 130 kmph.
The trains will also have regenerative braking. It means that when the train applies the brakes, it will become a generator of electricity and feed the regenerated electricity back into the grid. It is, therefore, energy efficient. This is a greener mode of transport and will have significantly less carbon emissions vis-a-vis road transport.
The introduction of such a large fleet by the railways will increase the green and clean transport capacity across the country.
— ANI
Reader Comments
The regenerative braking feature is brilliant! Railways becoming a green energy generator is exactly what India needs. But I'm skeptical about the 20-coach configuration—will smaller stations have platforms long enough to accommodate that? 🤔
Great move by Ashwini Vaishnaw ji. The Kazipet unit will boost local employment in Telangana too. However, I hope they also focus on maintaining cleanliness and punctuality—those are the real challenges for Indian Railways. Modern features are useless if trains don't run on time.
This is exactly what Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities need! Students like me traveling to coaching centers in nearby towns will benefit so much. But 130 kmph seems slow for modern trains—even our Vande Bharat runs faster. Still, better than getting stuck in traffic on the highway! 🚂
Two toilets per coach is good but with 20 coaches, that's 40 toilets—hope they maintain them properly. The auto door closing feature is a safety upgrade we desperately needed. Let's see if the railways can execute this efficiently. Proud to see manufacturing happening in Telangana! 🇮🇳
Finally some concrete action on intercity connectivity. The shuttle service concept will reduce our dependence on road transport significantly. But I hope they keep a few coaches reserved for women and elderly, especially during peak hours. Also, please ensure proper security in these trains.
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