OREANDA-NEWS. December 2, 2011. Coaches based on German technology are being manufactured at Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala since 2001 and are presently being run in premium services like Rajdhani/Shatabdi and a few Duronto trains.

One project has been executed at Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala at a cost of Rs. 11.96 crore to facilitate manufacture of the upgraded stainless steel coaches and one more project sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 130.24 crore is in progress. A project has also been sanctioned for Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai at a cost of Rs. 249.58 crore to enable it to manufacture such coaches.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bharatsinh Solanki in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.