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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Type of coach used by Indian Railways}}<br />
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{{Infobox train<br />
| name = Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach<br />
| image = ICF Rail Coaches in India.jpg<br />
| caption = Yellow ("utkrish" [[livery]]) and blue ("bleeding blue" livery) ICF coaches <br />
| designer = [[Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich|Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co]]<br />
| factory = {{Ubl|[[Integral Coach Factory]], [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]]|[[Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala]]|[[BEML Limited|Bharat Earth Movers Limited]], [[Bangalore]]}}<br />
| yearconstruction = 1955–2018<br />
| yearscrapped = {{circa}}2000s–2009 (PNR)<br />
| numberscrapped = 30 (PNR)<br />
| successor = {{Ubl|[[List of Philippine National Railways rolling stock#Ex-PNR coaches|7A-2000 coaches]] (PNR)|[[LHB coach]] (IR)}}<br />
| operator = {{Ubl|[[Philippine National Railways]] (former)|[[Indian Railways]] (phasing out)}}<br />
| carbody = [[Weathering steel|Corten Steel]]<br />
| carlength = {{convert|22297|mm|m}} including [[Buffer (rail transport)|buffers]]<br />
| width = {{convert|3245|mm|m}}<br />
| height = {{convert|4025|mm|m}}<br />
| floorheight = {{convert|1313|mm|m}}<br />
| wheelbase = {{convert|14783|mm|m}}<br />
| maxspeed = {{convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}<br />
| bogies = ICF Bogies<br />
| minimum curve = 152.4 m<br />
| coupling = [[Buffers and chain coupler]], [[Janney coupler|AAR H Type Tightlock CBC coupling]]<br />
| gauge = {{Track gauge|1676 mm}}<br />
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The '''Integral Coach Factory''' ('''ICF''') '''coach''' is a conventional [[Passenger railroad car|passenger coach]] used on the majority of [[Indian Railways]] (IR) lines.<ref name="Zee 2022">{{Cite news |title=DNA Exclusive: Is It Time for Indian Railways to Tear Up Ageing Tracks and Old Machinery? |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/dna-exclusive-is-it-time-for-indian-railways-to-tear-up-ageing-tracks-and-old-machinery-2427973.html |website=ZeeNews.India.com |publisher=[[Zee Media Corporation]] |date=14 January 2022 |access-date=6 June 2023 }}</ref> The [[Philippine National Railways]] (PNR) was a previous user of the cars, but retired the last of them in 2009.<ref name="Zee 2022" /><br />
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Indian railways is currently phasing out ICF coaches and replacing them with newer [[LHB coach]]es are expected to address many of these issues.<ref name="Zee 2022" /><ref name="Ayyappan 2021">{{Cite news |last=Ayyappan |first=V. |date=4 January 2021 |title=Leakage Found in ICF Coaches |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/leakage-found-in-icf-coaches/articleshow/80095746.cms |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Debroy 2018">{{cite news |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |date=9 February 2018 |title=A 70-Year-Old Vs a 30-Year-Old: LHB Coaches Perform Better than ICF Ones |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/a-70-year-old-vs-a-30-year-old-lhb-coaches-perform-better-than-icf-ones-118020801725_1.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The design of the coach was developed by [[Integral Coach Factory]], [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]], [[India]] in collaboration with the [[Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich|Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co]], [[Schlieren, Switzerland]] in the 1950s.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} The design is also called the ''Schlieren design'' based on the location of the Swiss company.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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The 1st ICF coach had been flagged by then Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 2 October 1955. The last ICF coach was flagged off by senior technician Shri Bhaskar P. in the presence of Railway Board Chairman [[Ashwani Lohani]] on 19 January 2018.<ref name="Debroy 2018" /><br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
| Red Colored ICF coaches of Indian Railways in Delhi.jpg | A red ICF coach used on an unnamed train<br />
| Gorakdham Express - AC 3 Tier.jpg | A blue ICF coach used on the Gorakdham Express<br />
| Back side of Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express.jpg | A buffers and chain coupler on an ICF coach used on Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express<br />
| First AC coach of Nauchandi Express.jpg | A yellow ICF coach used on the Nauchandi Express<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bo-Bo]] – The wheel arrangement of ICF coaches as per the UIC classification<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Railways}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway coaches of India]]</div>Ajay Kumar