Vande Bharat sleeper trains: Russias CJSC Transmashholding (TMH) in a tie-up with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has actually become the most affordable bidder in the tender for production and preserving 200 sleeper variations of the Vande Bharat Express trains.

BHEL-Titagarh has become the 2nd lowest bidder.

Indian Railways is wanting to make 200 Vande Bharat Express sleeper trains - a more exceptional version of Rajdhani Express trains.

Sources informed TOI that Indian Railways is seeking to increase the production of Vande Bharat Express trains by granting this agreement.

The present innovation utilized to manufacture Vande Bharat trains will be used by the new maker.

The sleeper version of the Vande Bharat train is being designed and this contract will assist in scaling up their production, sources said.Russias TMH and RVNL had actually approximated a cost of Rs 120 crore per train set for manufacturing.

This is less than Rs 128 crore per Vande Bharat train set as made by ICF.Vande Bharat aluminium trains will alter the face of Indian Railways at 200 kmph speedIndian Railways had certified the technical bids of 5 players for the Rs 58,000 crore project; BEML-Siemens, BHEL-Titagarh, Alstom, Stadler-Medha and Russian TMH with RVNL.

The most affordable bidder has to produce and maintain 120 Vande Bharat sleeper trains, while the second lowest bidder will get a possibility to match the lowest quote and manufacture and preserve 80 train sets.In their present type, Vande Bharat Express trains are air-conditioned chair vehicle services.

The self-propelled Vande Bharat trains can performing at speeds of 160 kmph.

According to the tender files, the Vande Bharat Express sleeper trains will provide passenger features that are best-in-class of trains running worldwide.

The trains will be exceptional offerings in terms of aesthetics, functionality and convenience.

Indian Railways had asked the bidders to study the stainless steel LHB coaches that it presently manufactures to make sure that the features for guests on Vande Bharat sleeper trains are far exceptional .

The new Vande Bharat sleeper trains will be produced for a life of 35 years and are expected to be utilized for medium to long-distance travel.

Train professionals have actually been stressing on the need to introduce the Rajdhani-style version of Vande Bharat Express considering that the need for over night travel is higher.

According to rail professionals, semi-high speed trains like Vande Bharat sleeper can help bring down travel time in between major cities to under 12 hours.

Indian Railways has actually independently drifted a tender for producing 100 aluminium Vande Bharat trains in India, which will be a first for trains.

The technical quotes for the tender were recently submitted.

Frances Alstom and Swiss major Stadler in a tie-up with Medha were the only 2 bidders for the ambitious Rs 30,000 crore job.