Siemens, India to manufacture 1,200 high-horsepower electric freight locomotives for railwaysThese 9,000-HP locomotives will be the future workhorse for freight operation on the Indian Railways. These locomotives are planned for use...
24 Dec, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Siemens awarded Rs 26,000 crore tender for supplying and maintaining 1200 freight trainsSiemens will also provide training to Railway Staff at Dahod for manufacturing and at four depots at Vishakhapatnam, Raipur, Kharagpur and ...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
Siemens lowest bidder for manufacturing 1,200 electric locomotives worth Rs 20,000 crorePrime Minister Narendra Modi in April laid the foundation stone for the manufacturing project of 9,000 HP electric locomotives at the Railw...
06 Dec, 2022, 08.33 PM IST
Global companies keen to develop Railways' Gujarat loco facilityThe trains are to be supplied over an 11-year period from 2023-24 to 2033-34 at the existing rolling stock workshop in Dahod. The workshop ...
15 Jun, 2022, 12.06 AM IST
Indian Railways operationalises first 12,000 hp electric loco manufactured locally by AlstomBuilt by French company Alstom under the government's Make in India programme at the Railways' Madhepura factory in Bihar, these engines ar...
20 May, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Alstom to deliver 10 electric locomotives to railways this fiscalThe delivery schedule is part of a comprehensive ‘recovery plan’ drawn up following a delay in supply of these locomotives under the initia...
14 Nov, 2019, 11.38 PM IST
Railways to use mathematical formula to maximise loco usage, increase revenueThe railways has a fleet of about 3,300 electric and diesel locomotive passenger trains across the country.
16 Mar, 2018, 03.36 PM IST
Railways to export locomotives, train sets worth Rs 680 crore to Sri LankaAll locomotives and train sets would be equipped with state-of-the-art technology and manufactured in Varanasi and Chennai, said a senior R...
17 Apr, 2017, 12.39 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik writes to Suresh Prabhu about Joint working group call for workshopThe joint working group comprising Odisha Chief Secretary and GM, ECR has recommended to set up an Electric Locomotive Periodic Overhaul wo...
20 May, 2016, 03.35 PM IST
France to modernise two stations, manufacture locos in BiharFrance will help modernise Ambala and Ludhiana railway stations and its top company Alstom will manufacture 800 electric locomotives of hor...
25 Jan, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Railway plants in Bihar to boost manufacturing, jobs: FM Arun JaitleyMarking the first big FDI in the railway sector, the Indian Railways today signed Rs 40,000-crore contracts with GE and Alstom to set up tw...
01 Dec, 2015, 01.07 AM IST
2 Chinese companies in race to bag locomotive factories in BiharTwo Chinese companies are among four bidders for setting up a modern diesel locomotive factory at Marohra in Bihar.
20 Sep, 2013, 07.57 PM IST
- Railways finalises bidding documents of Bihar locomotive plants
The process of setting up locomotive plants in Madhepura and Marhora in Bihar has received a push with contentious issues being addressed.
07 Oct, 2012, 11.27 AM IST
- Railways revise RFP for locomotive plants in Bihar
While Marhora plant is expected to produce 1,000 diesel locomotives, Madhepura plant will manufacture 800 electric locomotives over the per...
19 Jan, 2012, 02.51 PM IST
- Railway manufacturing units posts good performance
The manufacturing units of Indian Railways which makes locomotives, engines and coaches have performed well in recent years.
29 Aug, 2008, 10.00 PM IST
- Indian Railways exports four diesel locomotives
Indian Railways has exported four metre gauge diesel electric locomotives through RITES recently.
15 Jan, 2008, 08.05 PM IST
- Production of locomotives and coaches exceed target
The production of coaches and locomotives exceeded the set target with the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) producing 117 coaches till the month of...
01 Oct, 2007, 07.50 PM IST