Indian Railways is one of the
largest transport networks in the world, by virtue of its safety, efficiency,
reliability and economic viability. While the nation trust Indian Railways, ICF
lends the most trusted service to the Indian Railways by delivering quality
products to meet the ever increasing traffic demands.
Ever since its inception
in 1952,Integral Coach Factory-ICF, has been contributing in a significant
manner for the growth of Indian Railways which plays a vital role in the
nation's economy and infrastructure development. Keeping in tune with the
demand for latest passenger coaches, ICF has been producing and delivering a
large variety of railway coaches.
Today ICF remains the pioneer in developing
and bringing out varieties of railway coaches for passengers, both conventional
and luxury and special. Recent products of ICF like AC/DC EMU's for Mumbai
suburban, DEMU's for Srilanka and Units for Kolkata Metro are the shining examples for its progress
strides. ICF has turned out 1503 coaches during the last production year (
2010-11) surpassing the target of 1500 coaches given by the Ministry of
Railways which is also an all time record production.
According to official
sources, ICF has produced over44316 coaches and 46343 Shells upto January
2012.
Since its inception. ICF has been
sanctioned with a project at an estimate cost of Rs.250 Crores for
manufacturing technologically upgraded coaches of stainless steel shells and
high speed bogies and increase its capacity from 1500 to 1700 coaches. With
these projects ICF would usher into a new era of manufacturing best rail
coaches.
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