Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Modi, Putin View Vande Bharat Sleeper Model at INNOPROM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a railway display in India.
They saw a model of a new Vande Bharat Sleeper train.
The trains are being developed by an Indian company and a Russian company working together.
Their joint venture is called Kinet Railway Solutions.
It plans to build 120 trains, with each train having 16 coaches.
The first Kinet prototype was originally expected in June 2026.
It is now expected to come out by March 31, 2027.
The display also showed technology for building railway tunnels and bridges.
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin visited the RVNL stall at the INNOPROM exhibition.
The stall displayed a Vande Bharat Sleeper trainset model developed through an Indo-Russian partnership.
RVNL and Transmashholding formed Kinet Railway Solutions to manufacture 120 16-coach trainsets.
Kinet’s first prototype is now expected by March 31, 2027, later than the earlier June 2026 target.
The exhibition also featured models of a tunnel boring machine and the New Pamban Railway Sea Bridge.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, and Transmashholding were involved in the event and project.
- What
- Modi and Putin viewed a Vande Bharat Sleeper trainset model displayed by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.
- When
- The exhibition was recently held; the report was dated September 15, and the Kinet prototype is now expected by March 31, 2027.
- Where
- The exhibition took place at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
- Why
- The display highlighted an Indo-Russian technological partnership and the manufacture of modern sleeper trainsets for India.
- Joint venture
- Kinet Railway Solutions Ltd, formed by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited and Transmashholding
- Planned Kinet production
- 120 Vande Bharat Sleeper trainsets
- Train configuration
- Each trainset will comprise 16 coaches
- Prototype timeline
- Expected by March 31, 2027, delayed from the earlier June 2026 target
- Total planned production
- 260 Vande Bharat Sleeper trainsets across multiple manufacturers
- Other manufacturers
- BHEL-Titagarh consortium: 80 trainsets; Integral Coach Factory, Chennai: 50 trainsets
- Additional displays
- A tunnel boring machine model and a New Pamban Railway Sea Bridge model