Rail Coach Exports

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Between 1968 and 1980, India's Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perumbur,  exported railway coaches to a number of countries. According to a report on ICF's Golden Jubilee celebrations (2004), a total of 244 broad-gauge coaches had been exported to Taiwan alone.

When and why did these exports cease to South East Asian countries?

 Still trying to figure this out...

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LINKS

• Integtral Coach Factory, Perambur- Official Website -- http://www.icf.gov.in/icf/indexhome.html
• Official Brochure - Indian Railways (2007) - http://infrastructure.gov.in/pdf/brochure_railway.pdf
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek Snapshot of ICF -http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=78973736
• MVRC Rake Fleet Details (Akshay Marathe) - http://sites.google.com/site/mrvcholdings/Home
• Indian Railways Fans Club (IRFC) - http://www.irfca.org/index.html
• IRFC Resources - http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-web.html
• Planning Commission - 2nd Five Year Plan on Transport -http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/2nd/2planch21.html
• News - ICH Chugs into Golden Jubilee - The Hindu, Oct 2004 - http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/03/stories/2004100306420600.htm
• News - increase in capacity to 1093 coaches in 2005 -http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/perambur-coach-factory-to-increase-capacity/225016/
• Discussion - Indian Railways Thread on Bharat Rakshak - http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3086&start=200&view=print
• Feature - ICF on a Roll - Frontline, April, 2003 -http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2008/stories/20030425004210700.htm
• ICF - Major Achievements - http://ekikrat.in/Integral-Coach-Factory-ICF
•  RailWorld by Prakash Tandulkar - http://trainweb.org/railworld/
• Basic, informal, info on Taiwan's Railways - http://www.taiwanrailways.com/