Madras, June 8: The Integral Coach factory is likely to manufacture tramcars for Calcutta Tramways. The factory authorities are now negotiating with the Tramway company, the details of producing 100 numbers of 2-car sets (200 trams). Each set will cost about Rs. seven lakhs.Disclosing this at a press conference here to-day, Mr. J. Mathan, General Manager, said that the ICF had extra capacity and hence was trying to branch out to a new line of production. At present, it was manufacturing 535 shells and 518 coaches out of a rate capacity of 700 in each. Even now, the factory was deploying its workers to repairs of wagons and coaches of the Indian Railways, as the zonal railways did not have adequate capacity for carrying out these repairs.The motors for the trams would be manufactured and supplied by the Bharat Heavy Electricals. Between 1968 and 1975, the ICF had supplied to many nations in Asia and Africa over 309 bogies and 266 coaches costing over Rs. 10 crores. An order for supply of 17 metre gauge coaches for East African Railways (Tanzanian division) at a cost of Rs. 2.15 crores was expected to be completed by the end of July. Published - June 09, 2026 03:15 am IST
From The Hindu Archives, June 9, 1976: ICF likely to produce tramcars
From The Hindu Archives, June 9, 1976: The Integral Coach factory is likely to manufacture tramcars for Calcutta Tramways. The factory authorities are now negotiating with the Tramway company, the details of producing 100 numbers of 2-car sets (200 trams). Each set will cost about Rs. seven lakhs.
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