Ministry of Railways has floated a tender for manufacturing 200 new rakes of new-generation Vande Bharat trains.
According to the official information, the tender is about 26,000 crore rupees and the project has to complete in 24 to 30 months.
Five prominent companies such as BHEL, BML, MEDHA, RVNL and ALSTOM INDIA have shown their interest in this project.
Pertinent to mention that these 200 rakes of Vande Bharat will be designed for sleeper class only. Also, the train can be made with an aluminium body and is 2-3 tons lighter when compared to the previous version of trains. These trains would have only sleeper class coaches with a Wi-Fi facility. Every coach will have LED screens providing passenger information and infotainment.
