Golden Rock workshop gets third rake of Vande Bharat coaches for maintenance
The Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchi is currently maintaining the third rake of Vande Bharat Express coaches. This maintenance involves a thorough examination and overhauling of various components, with a team of about 120 technical personnel involved. The workshop has been designated to handle major schedules for these coaches, with plans to dispatch the third rake by the third week of June.
- ▪The third rake of Vande Bharat Express coaches consists of eight modern AC coaches.
- ▪Maintenance work includes examining braking systems and replacing damaged seats and window glasses.
- ▪The workshop has been tasked with major maintenance schedules for Vande Bharat coaches since May last year.
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The Golden Rock Railway Workshop at Ponmalai in Tiruchi is carrying out maintenance and overhauling of the third rake of the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express coaches.The British-built workshop, more than 90 years old, received a few days ago the third rake comprising eight modern AC coaches of the Vande Bharat (VB) Express, which was running on the Coimbatore-Bengaluru Cantonment section before being sent for maintenance.The rake will undergo Shop Schedule -II maintenance, which is done after three years. A team of about 120 technical personnel are involved in the SS-II maintenance of the coaches, workshop authorities said.
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