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On Vande Bharat Sleeper project, Nishunk Garg, Vande Bharat Project Director, Kinet, said, "Our target is to roll out the first train by next year. One coach has already been constructed, which is a car body that is ready at our factory in Latur for demonstration. Now the ramp-up of production is going to start by the end of this year. But the overall coaches, the total volume is 1920 cars which we need to design, deliver and manufacture to the customer. So, in total, 1920 coaches are 120 trains of 16 cars each. Three depots have been given to us. One is in Jodhpur, which is in quite an advanced stage. Another in Bijwasan, which is near Delhi. And the third one is in southern part of India, which is in Thanisandra. So those three depots are being allocated to us to maintain these trains. So the route obviously is going to be decided by Indian Railways...We are committed to maintaining these trains for the next 35 years...