The first shipment comprises of four of the seven types of coaches covered by the contract. The power cars include separate rooms for guards and space for luggage. The first set of coaches include 11 non-air-conditioned Shovon chair cars, three air-conditioned chair cars, two air-conditioned sleeper coaches and two air-conditioned power cars.
The company is the export arm of Indian Railways for providing rolling stock (including locomotives, coaches, trainsets etc.). RITES Limited, a Navratna and Schedule ‘A’ Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, incorporated on April 26, 1974, is a multidisciplinary engineering and consultancy organization, providing a comprehensive range of services from concept to commissioning in all facets of transport infrastructure and related technologies. The company’s market capitalization has placed it among the top 500 listed companies in India, a testament to the high-quality solutions and services it delivers, driven by its talented pool of professionals. RITES, with its five-decades of experience now exports products and services in more than 55 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Middle East regions. Bangladesh is set to import 200 broad-gauge railway coaches from India, with the first deliveries now being rolled out. The deliveries of the 200 coaches are likely to be completed by December 2027 under a Rs 915 crore deal. The project, financed by the European Investment Bank, will see the new coaches being added to the ageing Bangladesh Railway fleet between October 2026 and December 2027.
