Uttarpara plant to manufacture 80 Vande Bharat trains over 6 years

The major portions of 80 sleeper-class Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured at the Uttarpara plant of Titagarh Wagons Limited (TWL), about 15km from Kolkata, after a consortium of the Bengal-headquartered TWL and the PSU Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) bagged a Rs 24,000-crore order to supply and maintain the trains.

The manufacturing deal is worth nearly Rs 10,000 crore, according to which the consortium will provide the trains to the Indian Railways over six years. The total deal also includes a 35- year annual maintenance contract, worth Rs 14,000 crore. Each train will cost Rs 120 crore.