One of India's largest railway coach manufacturing plants, established in 1952 in Perambur. ICF has produced tens of thousands of passenger coaches for Indian Railways, including the modern LHB and Vande Bharat Express coaches.
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Highlights
- Established in 1952 in collaboration with a Swiss firm as India's first dedicated railway coach building unit
- Located on a 169-acre campus in Perambur, north Chennai
- Has produced over 70,000 passenger coaches across several generations of rolling stock
- Manufactures Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which are now the standard for Indian Railways express trains
- Produced the coaches for India's semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express trainsets
- A major public sector employer in north Chennai, with a large residential colony (ICF Colony) housing thousands of railway families
- Not open to general visitors; exterior viewable from Perambur and Villivakkam
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