Yellow ("Utkrisht" livery) and blue ("Blue" livery) ICF coaches.
Designer
Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co
Built at
Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Chennai
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Bangalore
Constructed
1955–2018
Scrapped
c.2000s–2009 (PNR)
Number built
More than 54,000, 601 for export
Number scrapped
About 50,000 until 2030 (IR)
60 (PNR)
Successor
LHB coach (IR)
7A-2000 coaches (PNR)
Operators
Indian Railways (phasing out)
Philippine National Railways (former operator)
Railways in Taiwan, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Angola and Sri Lanka
Specifications
Car body construction
Stainless steel and Corten Steel
Car length
22,297 millimetres (73 ft 1.8 in) over buffers
Width
3,245 millimetres (10 ft 7.8 in)
Height
4,025 millimetres (13 ft 2.5 in)
Floor height
1,313 millimetres (4 ft 3.7 in)
Wheelbase
14,783 millimetres (48 ft 6.0 in)
Maximum speed
130 km/h (81 mph)
Bogies
ICF Bogies
Minimum turning radius
152.4 m (500 ft)
Coupling system
Buffers and chain coupler, AAR H Type Tightlock CBC coupling
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach is a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of Indian Railways (IR) lines.[1] Between 1955 and 2018, more than 54,000 were produced and some were exported to other countries.[2] The coaches are to be phased out by 2030.[3]
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