Coaches from Rae Bareli factory set to roll into Mozambique

LUCKNOW: Nearly eight years after its commissioning, the modern coach factory (MCF), Rae Bareli, will dispatch its first export quality train set to Mozambique by next month.
In June 2020, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (Mozambique ports and railways) had signed an MoU with Indian railway’s RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service Ltd) to procure 90 coaches, including 60 loco-hauled designed on LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) platform and 30 DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) coaches designed and developed on ICF (Indian coach factory) platform.
A delegation of CFM, led by its chairperson of board of directors Miguel José Matabel, visited the MCF in Rae Bareli along with RITES director Anil Vij to inspect the development of coaches.
PRO of Rae Bareli MCF Anil Kumar Srivastav said: “This will be MCF’s first export consignment under which we will dispatch 12 loco-hauled coaches by October-end.”
MCF’s was commissioned in November 2012, however its first coach was developed in April 2011. MCF has rolled out over 7,000 coaches by July-end. The coaches were designed by Lucknow-based RDSO and developed by MCF.