India first engineless train set to be tested soon |
India`s first train set that is conceptualized, designed and manufactured completely in indigenously, with the looks of a bullet train, will be released for trial in a week`s time, said reports from Chennai, India. A train set is a rake which is self-propelled and does not need a locomotive, said Sudhanshu Mani, general manager of Integral Coach Factory (ICF) which has designed and manufactured the train set, known as Train-18, at a cost of Rs 100 crore. A second rake would be ready by March, with costs expected to reduce as more rakes are manufactured.
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