Ministry of Railways press release · 28 May 2026 · pibtracker filter

Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit is on the Verge of Completion and Will Begin Manufacturing Intercity Trains: Railway Minister, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

PRID2266232 MinistryMinistry of Railways Released28 May 2026 Reading8 min

Posted On: 28 MAY 2026 3:59PM by PIB Delhi Kazipet rail manufacturing unit of Indian Railways is on the verge of completion. This is a versatile railway rolling stock manufacturing unit. To begin with, Kazipet will manufacture 200 intercity trains in the next 5 years. The Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Union Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, reviewed the plans to operationalise the Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit today along with senior officials. These trains will be deployed throughout the country for short distance travel. They will have frequent stops. These trains will typically run for about 300 km. Each trip will have many stops so that the citizens can commute between towns and cities. Be it students going for higher education in their adjacent towns, or common people commuting for their health and work needs. These trains will give the people a new affordable option for intercity travel. These intercity trains will be like shuttle services connecting adjacent towns across India. With the production of these trains, a large amount of local traffic is likely to move to railways from roads. The intercity trains will be equipped with modern features like automatic door closing, superior ventilation and a safe coach design with a 20-coach configuration. There will be two toilets in every coach, one at each end. In addition, these intercity trains will have modern jerk free couplers and bogies. These trains will be designed to run at 130 kmph. The trains will also have regenerative braking. It means that when the train applies brakes, it will become a generator of electricity & feed the regenerated electricity back into the grid. It is, therefore, energy efficient. This is a greener mode of transport and will have significantly less carbon emissions vis-à-vis road transport. The introduction of such a large fleet by Railways will increase the green and clean transport capacity across the country. **** Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki/ Manik Sharma (Release ID: 2266232) Visitor Counter : 1230 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी , Marathi , Bengali , Gujarati , Telugu , Kannada Ministry of Railways Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit is on the Verge of Completion and Will Begin Manufacturing Intercity Trains: Railway Minister, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Posted On: 28 MAY 2026 3:59PM by PIB Delhi Kazipet rail manufacturing unit of Indian Railways is on the verge of completion. This is a versatile railway rolling stock manufacturing unit. To begin with, Kazipet will manufacture 200 intercity trains in the next 5 years. The Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Union Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, reviewed the plans to operationalise the Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit today along with senior officials. These trains will be deployed throughout the country for short distance travel. They will have frequent stops. These trains will typically run for about 300 km. Each trip will have many stops so that the citizens can commute between towns and cities. Be it students going for higher education in their adjacent towns, or common people commuting for their health and work needs. These trains will give the people a new affordable option for intercity travel. These intercity trains will be like shuttle services connecting adjacent towns across India. With the production of these trains, a large amount of local traffic is likely to move to railways from roads. The intercity trains will be equipped with modern features like automatic door closing, superior ventilation and a safe coach design with a 20-coach configuration. There will be two toilets in every coach, one at each end. In addition, these intercity trains will have modern jerk free couplers and bogies. These trains will be designed to run at 130 kmph. The trains will also have regenerative braking. It means that when the train applies brakes, it will become a generator of electricity & feed the regenerated electricity back into the grid. It is, therefore, energy efficient. This is a greener mode of transport and will have significantly less carbon emissions vis-à-vis road transport. The introduction of such a large fleet by Railways will increase the green and clean transport capacity across the country. **** Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki/ Manik Sharma (Release ID: 2266232) Kazipet rail manufacturing unit of Indian Railways is on the verge of completion. This is a versatile railway rolling stock manufacturing unit. To begin with, Kazipet will manufacture 200 intercity trains in the next 5 years. The Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Union Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, reviewed the plans to operationalise the Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit today along with senior officials. These trains will be deployed throughout the country for short distance travel. They will have frequent stops. These trains will typically run for about 300 km. Each trip will have many stops so that the citizens can commute between towns and cities. Be it students going for higher education in their adjacent towns, or common people commuting for their health and work needs. <img src="https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/image/image001GKUV.jpg" style="height:533px; width:800px" /> These trains will give the people a new affordable option for intercity travel. These intercity trains will be like shuttle services connecting adjacent towns across India. With the production of these trains, a large amount of local traffic is likely to move to railways from roads. The intercity trains will be equipped with modern features like automatic door closing, superior ventilation and a safe coach design with a 20-coach configuration. There will be two toilets in every coach, one at each end. <img src="https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/image/image00257LE.jpg" style="height:533px; width:800px" /> In addition, these intercity trains will have modern jerk free couplers and bogies. These trains will be designed to run at 130 kmph. The trains will also have regenerative braking. It means that when the train applies brakes, it will become a generator of electricity & feed the regenerated electricity back into the grid. It is, therefore, energy efficient. This is a greener mode of transport and will have significantly less carbon emissions vis-à-vis road transport. 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