Hyderabad, July 20 -- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said production at the upcoming rail coach factory in Kazipet, Telangana, would begin next year.

Vaishnaw, who visited the unit in Kazipet, about 130 km from Hyderabad, added that the facility is a mega, state-of-the-art factory being built with an investment of '500 crore.

Coaches, engines and other components can be manufactured at the unit, which has been designed to support multiple types of railway manufacturing, said the Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology.

He added that the factory features one of the finest designs in the world and the products manufactured there would be of export quality.

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