Lok Sabha Question No. 39 (STARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: First Indigenous High Speed Train
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ananta Nayak, Shri Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 39 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2024

## FIRST INDIGENOUS HIGH SPEED TRAIN

*39.  SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI ANANTA NAYAK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  initiated  the  production  of  its  first indigenous high speed train in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the present status of the said train with the salient features thereof;
- (c) the details of facilities likely to be provided to the passengers in the said trains;
- (d)  the  total  amount  of  expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  on  the manufacturing and operation of said trains;
- (e) the time by which the said high speed train will be operational in the country;
- (f) the amount of revenue likely to be generated by the Railways through this train; and
- (g) the details of the name of the cities likely to be connected initially with these said trains particularly the cities of State of Odisha?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (g) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT RFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF STARRED QUESTION  NO.  39  BY  SHRI  SUDHEER  GUPTA  AND  SHRI  ANANTA NAYAK TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2024 REGARDING FIRST INDIGENOUS HIGH SPEED TRAIN (a)  to  (g)  Presently,  Mumbai  -  Ahmedabad  High  Speed  Rail  (MAHSR) Project is under execution with technical and financial assistance with Government  of  Japan.    The  MAHSR  Project  is  passing  through  the States  of  Gujarat,  Maharashtra  and  Union  Territory  of  Dadra  &  Nagar Haveli. The length of the project is 508 km with 12 stations planned at Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. Entire land (1389.5 Ha) has been acquired for  the  project.  Till  now,  336  km  of  Pier  Foundation,  331  km  of  Pier Construction, 260 km of Girder Casting and 225 km of Girder Launching have been completed. The work of the undersea tunnel (approx. 21 Km) has also started. Indian  Railways  has  successfully  designed  and  manufactured  India's first  indigenous  semi-high  speed  train  set,  Vande  Bharat  at  a  design speed of 180 kmph, under the 'Make in India' initiative. These trains are provided with best in class interiors for enhanced passenger comfort, new  generation  light  weight  bogies,  equipped  with  KAVACH,  higher acceleration etc. As of now 136 train services (68 routes) are running successfully with Vande Bharat train sets. Following the success of Vande Bharat, under 'Make in India' initiative

Indian Railways (IR) has now taken up designing  and  manufacturing of

High  Speed  Trains  sets.  Integral  Coach  Factory  (ICF)  in  collaboration with M/s BEML are designing and manufacturing High Speed Trains sets which will have a design speed of 280 kmph. The manufacturing cost is approx. ₹ 28 Crore per car (excluding taxes), which is highly competitive compared with other train sets.

The design and manufacturing of High  Speed  train  sets  is  a  complex and technology intensive process. The major technical aspects are:

-  Design and manufacturing of aerodynamic, airtight car body
-  Design and manufacturing of electrics including propulsion for high speed application
-  Weight optimization of the train set
-  Heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) of the train.

The train  set  will  have  chair  cars  with  best-in-class  features  such  as Aerodynamic  exteriors,  sealed  gangways,  automatic  doors,    optimum climatic conditions inside compartments for passenger comfort, CCTV, mobile charging facilities, optimum lighting, Fire safety equipment etc.

The completion of project can be reasonably ascertained after finalisation of detailed design.

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