25th July, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


REFRIGERATED COACHES


RAJYA SABHA

The first refrigerated Parcel Van was formally inaugurated on November 1, 2002 at Ernakulam Junction of Southern Railway. It is running successfully between Gorakhpur-Bangalore since then. It was manufactured by Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.

Manufacture of nine additional refrigerated Parcel Vans has been planned this year.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri C.P. thirunavukkarasu in the Rajya Sabha today.