The Hindu Business Line : Railways exports diesel multiple units to Angola

The fifteen DMU coaches, six each for two trains and three for self-propelled accident relief train, manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, the production unit of Indian Railways, Chennai, and exported to Angola by RITES, were flagged off for export to Angola by the Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, at a ceremony in Chennai today.

Different designs

ICF has so far manufactured 230 varieties of different designs of coaches and is still venturing into new designs and assimilating the latest technology available to provide the best comfort to the passengers, the Minister said in an official release.

The Minister further said that manufacture and dispatch of these DMUs and the self- propelled accident relief train mark the successful completion of various on-going projects undertaken by RITES in Angola which include technical assistance, upgradation of maintenance workshops and earlier export of passenger coaches manufactured in ICF and Diesel locomotives manufactured in DLW, Varanasi.

RITES, which exported the coaches, has worked in about 60 countries, including Myanmar, Vietnam, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Senegal, Mali and Angola.

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