Indian Railways Revises FY23 Rolling Stock Production Plan, Will Boost Output To 8,000+ Coaches

Indian Railways has decided to revise its 2022-23 rolling stock production plan upwards. The Ministry’s new plan targets the production of 8,429 units for the coming financial year. Production for 2022-23 has been raised by 878 units from the earlier planned 7,551, according to the revised targets.

A target of 8,115 units was earlier set for the current financial year (2021-22). The revised plan for the next financial year, 2022-23, raises year-on-year production targets by 3.9% to 8,429.

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Financial Year	Production Target
2021-22 (3rd Revision)	8,115
2022-23 Original	7,551
2022-23 (Revised)	8,429

Freight EMUs, Cargo Double Deckers – New Additions to Coach Production Programme

In the revised Coach Production Programme, two types of new vehicles have been added. Tejas rakes, omitted in the original plan, have also been included in the revision dated 20th February 2022.

Key highlights are the addition of what IR calls, for now, ‘Cargo Liner Double Decker’ and ‘Freight EMU’ coaches. Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala has been asked to build 20 Cargo Liner Double Decker coaches. 32 Freight EMU coaches concept will be produced by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.

It is not yet clear how these new rolling stock types will be utilized by Indian Railways.

Type of Coach / Wagon	Integral Coach Factory (ICF)	Modern Coach Factory (MCF)	Rail Coach Factory (RCF)
Cargo Liner Double Decker			20
Freight EMU	32
LWACCN Tejas (3 AC)		120
LWACCW Tejas (2 AC)		50
LWCBAC Tejas (Pantry)		10
LWFAC Tejas (1 AC)		20
Power Car Tejas		20
Track Recording Car	14
Vistadome	40		30

Also added to the production programme is the equivalent of 10 rakes (220 coaches) of the Tejas variant of LHB coaches. Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Rae Barelli will produce the new Tejas rakes. Buoyed by the positive hype generated by the Vistadome coaches, the Ministry of Railways seems to have decided to produce another 70 units, out of which 40 will be produced by ICF and another 30 by RCF.

Vande Bharat Express: Sharp Increase in ICF’s Train-18 Production Target for 2022-23

In an attempt to speed up induction of Train-18, the Ministry of Railways has sharply raised ICF’s production target for the much-delayed trainsets. ICF is now tasked with rolling out 55 Vande Bharat / Train-18 rakes instead of the originally planned 22 rakes in FY 22-23. This means ICF will have to produce in excess of 4 rakes a month starting April 2022.

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Targets for both MCF and RCF have been retained at 10 rakes each. This takes the total number of rakes to be produced by March 2023 to 75.

Train-18 Production		Integral Coach Factory (ICF)	Modern Coach Factory (MCF)	Rail Coach Factory (RCF)
Original Plan	Coaches	352	160	160
	Rakes	22	10	10
Revised Plan	Coaches	880	160	160
	Rakes	55	10	10

However, the prototype rakes from the first 44 trainset tender, awarded to Medha in January 2021, have not been rolled out yet. The Ministry floated yet another tender for 58 additional rakes in August 2021. Meeting a target for 75 rakes by end of March 2023 is likely to be a tough task.

More Changes to Indian Railways 2022-23 Coach Production Programme

Several other changes have been made to the original plan. MCF produce 10 Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) rakes with 3 Phase AC propulsion. None were to be produced earlier. The factory is also expected to sharply raise production of non AC sleeper coaches from 32 to 200.

Production target of First Class AC Sleeper coaches, Two Tier AC Sleeper coaches and standard Three Tier AC Sleeper coaches has been reduced by a total of 190 units. On the other hand, an additional 50 coaches of the new Three Tier AC Sleeper Economy variant are to be produced.

Coach Type		Integral Coach Factory (ICF)	Modern Coach Factory (MCF)	Rail Coach Factory (RCF)
3 PH MEMU MC (Non AC)	Original			68
	Revised		20	58
3 PH MEMU TC (Non AC)	Original			204
	Revised		60	174
8W OHE	Original	60
	Revised	0
LS (Deen Dayalu)	Original		18
	Revised		0
LWACCN (3AC)	Original		578
	Revised		458
LWACCNE (3AC Economy)	Original	715	569	416
	Revised	773	619	420
LWACCW (2AC)	Original	268	116
	Revised	250	66
LWFAC (1AC)	Original		40
	Revised		20
LWSCN (Non AC Sleeper)	Original	390	32
	Revised	350	200

Full Comparison: Original and Revised Coach Production Programme for 2022-23

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Coach Type	Programme	Integral Coach Factory (ICF)	Latur Coach Factory	Modern Coach Factory (MCF)	Rail Coach Factory (RCF)	Total (By Coach Type)
(HS) SPART	Original	30	0	0	0	30
	Revised	30	0	0	0	30
3 PH EMU MC (Non AC)	Original	203	0	0	0	203
	Revised	203	0	0	0	203
3 PH EMU TC (Non AC)	Original	406	0	0	0	406
	Revised	406	0	0	0	406
3 PH K Metro MC	Original	52	0	0	0	52
	Revised	52	0	0	0	52
3 PH K Metro TC	Original	52	0	0	0	52
	Revised	52	0	0	0	52
3 PH MEMU MC (Non AC)	Original	44	30	0	68	142
	Revised	44	30	20	58	152
3 PH MEMU TC (Non AC)	Original	132	90	0	204	426
	Revised	132	90	60	174	456
8W OHE	Original	60	0	0	0	60
	Revised	0	0	0	0	0
AC RA	Original	8	0	0	8	16
	Revised	8	0	0	8	16
Cargo Liner Double Decker	New	0	0	0	20	20
Freight EMU	New	32	0	0	0	32
LFCWAC	Original	16	0	29	0	45
	Revised	16	0	29	0	45
LS (Deen Dayalu)	Original	18	0	18	14	50
	Revised	18	0	0	14	32
LSLRD	Original	154	0	90	90	334
	Revised	154	0	90	90	334
LWACCN	Original	522	0	578	528	1628
	Revised	522	0	458	528	1508
LWACCN Tejas	New	0	0	120	0	120
LWACCNE	Original	715	0	569	416	1700
	Revised	773	0	619	420	1812
LWACCW	Original	268	0	116	144	528
	Revised	250	0	66	144	460
LWACCW Tejas	New	0	0	50	0	50
LWCBAC	Original	18	0	15	17	50
	Revised	18	0	15	17	50
LWCBAC Tejas	New	0	0	10	0	10
LWFAC	Original	93	0	40	67	200
	Revised	93	0	20	67	180
LWFAC Tejas	New	0	0	20	0	20
LWLRRM	Original	35	0	65	0	100
	Revised	35	0	65	0	100
LWS AC	Original	76	0	57	67	200
	Revised	76	0	57	67	200
LWSCN	Original	390	0	32	0	422
	Revised	350	0	200	0	550
Other Non NRC Non RSP	Original	0	0	0	0	0
	Revised	0	0	0	0	0
Power Car Tejas	New	0	0	20	0	20
RA	Original	8	0	0	8	16
	Revised	8	0	0	8	16
SPIC	Original	19	0	0	0	19
	Revised	19	0	0	0	19
Train Set Coaches	Original	352	0	160	160	672
	Revised	880	0	160	160	1200
TRC	New	14	0	0	0	14
Vistadome	New	40	0	0	30	70
VP/Parcel Van/LHB	Original	50	0	50	100	200
	Revised	50	0	50	100	200
	Total – Original Plan	3721	120	1819	1891	7551
	Total – Revised Plan	4275	120	2129	1905	8429
		Integral Coach Factory (ICF)	Latur Coach Factory	Modern Coach Factory (MCF)	Rail Coach Factory (RCF)