K-Ride has signed an MoU with Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for the manufacture and supply of 51 suburban trainsets, each comprising three coaches. (AI Images)
K-Ride subsidiary Bi-Ride issued a Rs 1,513-crore work order to ICF in May for supplying 153 air-conditioned Metro-type coaches for Corridor-2 and Corridor-4. (AI Image)
How Bengaluru’s 51-trainset suburban rail plan is taking shape
Apart from manufacturing the coaches, ICF will undertake quality inspection, system integration, testing and commissioning of the trainsets. (AI Image) The three-coach trains will have a maximum operational speed of 80 kmph and will be built entirely with stainless steel. (AI Images) “At a time 350 passengers can travel across the three coaches. The remaining 47 trainsets will be delivered only by 2028/29. the design EOI is yet to be finalised and the propulsion tender has not been floated, raising questions over timely delivery. (AI Image) While K-Ride has asked ICF to begin supplying coaches within 15 months.
They will be designed providing priority to standing passengers,” the official explained. (AI Image) “We are yet to start the designing process and only four trainsets will be delivered by the 2027/28 financial year. We are confident about completing the delivery within the deadline”, an ICF official told TOI.
