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Indian Railways is planning to introduce 24-coach Vande Bharat sleeper trains to cater to passengers travelling on long-distance overnight routes. The move comes after the development of 16-coach Vande Bharat sleeper trainsets.<\/p>\n

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has been assigned the responsibility of producing 50 sleeper trainsets, each comprising 24 coaches. According to a report by The Times of India, the design work for the new train is being finalised and is expected to be completed within a month. The rollout is reportedly targeted for the first half of 2027, with June set as the target date.<\/p>\n

Three major projects to expand Vande Bharat<\/a> Sleeper fleet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian Railways plans to expand its Vande Bharat Sleeper<\/a> fleet, with more than 200 trains expected to be introduced in the coming years to improve long-distance travel. Three major manufacturing projects are currently underway to support the planned expansion.<\/p>\n

BEML, in collaboration with ICF, is manufacturing 10 Vande Bharat sleeper trainsets, while the Indo-Russian joint venture Kinet has been tasked with producing 120 more. Additionally, a consortium comprising Titagarh and BHEL<\/a> will manufacture 80 sleeper trains, while ICF is also working on developing its own version of the Vande Bharat sleeper train.<\/p>\n

24-Coach Vande Bharat Sleeper<\/a>: What will be different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new train will be based on the existing sleeper design but will include changes to improve facilities for overnight journeys. One of the key additions will be a pantry car, which is absent from the other sleeper train design.<\/p>\n

The pantry car will allow food to be heated and served onboard. The 24-coach version will also have more toilets, while ICF is considering improvements to the interiors.<\/p>\n

Vande Bharat Sleeper Train: Key features<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sleeper train prototypes currently running have 16 passenger coaches. These comprise 11 AC three-tier coaches, four AC two-tier coaches and one AC First Class coach. The proposed ICF variant will have 24 coaches.<\/p>\n

It will feature cushioned berths intended to improve passenger comfort. Dedicated night lighting, an integrated announcement system with visual displays and CCTV cameras will form part of the onboard facilities.<\/p>\n

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Indian Railways is planning to introduce 24-coach Vande Bharat sleeper trains to cater to passengers travelling on long-distance overnight routes. The move comes after the development of 16-coach Vande Bharat sleeper trainsets. The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has been assigned the responsibility of producing 50 sleeper trainsets, each comprising 24 coaches. According to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}