Railways launches new wagons
Indian Railways have taken up upgradation of existing open wagons into stainless steel body wagons to improve the reliability and productivity of its freight wagons.
By ET Bureau |
Indian Railways have taken up upgradation of existing open wagons into stainless steel body wagons to improve the reliability and productivity of its freight wagons.
The Railways has flagged off such a wagon, a stainless steel body wagon upgraded from an open wagon, early last week from the Carriage and Wagon Works at Perambur.
The new wagons have the potential to carry additional freight of 11.6 tonnes for each wagon. Accordingly, for a rake of 58 wagons, it worked out to additional freight of 673 tonnes, about 16.6% higher than the existing pay load of a rake.
Mean while it has invited global tenders to identify suitable partners for its ventures to manufacture locomotives and passenger coaches.
According to official circles, it is looking at partners for joint ventures for passenger coach manufacturing facility at Raebarelli in Uttar Pradesh, a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Madora in Bihar and production of electric locomotives at Modepura also in Bihar.
The Railways has flagged off such a wagon, a stainless steel body wagon upgraded from an open wagon, early last week from the Carriage and Wagon Works at Perambur.
The new wagons have the potential to carry additional freight of 11.6 tonnes for each wagon. Accordingly, for a rake of 58 wagons, it worked out to additional freight of 673 tonnes, about 16.6% higher than the existing pay load of a rake.
Mean while it has invited global tenders to identify suitable partners for its ventures to manufacture locomotives and passenger coaches.
According to official circles, it is looking at partners for joint ventures for passenger coach manufacturing facility at Raebarelli in Uttar Pradesh, a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Madora in Bihar and production of electric locomotives at Modepura also in Bihar.
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