ICF coach

Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach
	Yellow ("Utkrisht" livery) and blue ("Blue" livery) ICF coaches.
Designer	Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co
Built at	Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Chennai; Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala; Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Bangalore;
Constructed	1955–2018
Scrapped	c.2000s–2009 (PNR)
Number built	More than 54,000, 601 for export
Number scrapped	About 50,000 until 2030 (IR); 60 (PNR);
Successor	LHB coach (IR); 7A-2000 coaches (PNR);
Operators	Indian Railways (phasing out); Philippine National Railways (former operator); Railways in Taiwan, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Angola and Sri Lanka;
Specifications
Car body construction	Stainless steel and Corten Steel
Car length	22,297 millimetres (73 ft 1.8 in) over buffers
Width	3,245 millimetres (10 ft 7.8 in)
Height	4,025 millimetres (13 ft 2.5 in)
Floor height	1,313 millimetres (4 ft 3.7 in)
Wheelbase	14,783 millimetres (48 ft 6.0 in)
Maximum speed	130 km/h (81 mph)
Bogies	ICF Bogies
Minimum turning radius	152.4 m (500 ft)
Coupling system	Buffers and chain coupler, AAR H Type Tightlock CBC coupling
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach is a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of Indian Railways (IR) lines. Between 1955 and 2018, more than 54,000 were produced and some were exported to other countries. The coaches are to be phased out by 2030.

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