Train manufactured for Kolkata Metro flagged off from ICF in Chennai

Chennai | Tuesday | 4th July, 2017

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As many as 3,050 passengers can travel in the train at a time.Mittal inspected glass-roofed Vistadome coaches being manufactured at ICF. IRCTC uses Vistadome coaches to carry tourists. CHENNAI: Railway Board chairman A K Mittal on Tuesday flagged off an eight-coach train manufactured by Integral Coach Factory ( ICF ) in Chennai for Kolkata Metro The coaches of the train are on a par with any other metro coaches currently available in India when it comes to technology, ICF said in a statement.The coaches have electrically operated automatic sliding doors with a manual override for emergency.Each coach would cost half the price of any imported metro coach, the release said.A train comprising eight coaches costs Rs 40 crore..