As part of its revamp plan, Railways to source 8,000 Vande Bharat coaches

Indian Railways will induct a total of 8,000 Vande Bharat coaches over the next few years as it plans to revamp its trains to introduce more high-speed trainsets on its network, The Indian Express (IE) has reported.

Typically, a Vande Bharat Express trainset has 16 coaches. However, the railways also run Vande Bharat trains with eight coaches based on the requirements of the route.

Of the total 8,000 coaches, more than 5,000 or two-thirds will be sourced from the industry under the model of manufacturing and maintenance contracts, as per the coach production programme approved by the Railways Ministry this year, the report said.