In 1993-94 Indian Railways decided to look for a new passenger coach design. which will suit India's specific need for high speed light weight coaches to run in Indian Railways within the present infrastructure. Main features of the specification were the specific railway and track conditions, the specific environmental conditions in India and the operating speed of 160 km/h. It was also decided that this design will be first tried and used in the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala (RCF) and after successful implementation also in the Integral Coach Factory in Perambur (ICF) at a later stage.
After a global competition, ALSTOM LHB was selected by Indian Railways and received the order to design and develop the new...
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Contracts from Indian Railways
In 1995 , ALSTOM LHB received an order from Indian Railways to design and develop a new passenger coach . The main targets of the contracts given are the new coach design for manufacturing a new type of coach in the factories of Indian Railways and the improvement of the manufacturing techniques in their factories to make them suitable for the new coach design and manufacture. This was named IR 20.
For this purpose, ALSTOM LHB received two contracts which have to be seen as a unit.
The contract for the supply of „All Metal Light Weight High Speed Coaches for Broad Gauge“ includes the development, design and manufacture of
19 AC 2nd Class Chair Cars
2 AC Executive Class Chair Cars and
3 Generator-cum-Brake vans.
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