ICF to make 1,500 coaches a year

Presenting the Rail Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha, he said augmenting production capacity of Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala was also under way. With this, the annual coach production capacity would go up by 26 per cent to 2,900, he said, adding that the metre gauge workshop at Bhavnagar would be converted to broad gauge to make it capable of overhauling 50 broad gauge coaches every year.

This year, he said maintenance facilities for freight stock at 34 places would be updated.  Similarly, the maintenance facilities for coaches at 19 places would be upgraded.