Vande Bharat sleeper trains: Russia’s CJSC Transmashholding (TMH) in a tie-up with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender for manufacturing and maintaining 200 sleeper variants of the Vande Bharat Express trains. BHEL-Titagarh has emerged as the second lowest bidder. Indian Railways is looking to manufacture 200 Vande Bharat Express sleeper trains – a more premium version of Rajdhani Express trains.
Sources told TOI that Indian Railways is looking to ramp up the production of Vande Bharat Express trains by awarding this contract. The present technology used to manufacture Vande Bharat trains will be used by the new manufacturer.
