Kapurthala Factory Was To Make 32 Vande Bharat Trains In 2022, Delivered 0
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The rail factory has put forth a series of reasons explaining why the production of various coaches and variants have been delayed.
Railways' premier production unit, the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, failed to deliver even one Vande Bharat train in 2022-23 against a projected target of 32, documents have revealed, with the unit blaming its suppliers for not providing electrical components for the train sets.
The failure of the factory to achieve its targets, sources told Press Trust of India, could affect the Railways' ambitious plans of running 75 Vande Bharat trains by August 2024.
The coach factory did not just fall short of its target to produce Vande Bharat trains, but also in the overall the production of all kinds of coaches.
The factory saw a major shortfall in production at the end of FY 2022-23, having manufactured 1,478 coaches against a target of 1,885, according to a document accessed by news agency PTI.
