Final batch of two 3,300 HP locomotives manufactured by BLW reach MozambiqueIndian Railways has successfully completed its order of 10 locomotives to Mozambique, with the final two 3,300 HP diesel-electric locomotiv...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Banaras Locomotive Works achieves highest-ever annual output of 572 locomotives in 2025-26: RailwaysBanaras Locomotive Works has achieved a significant milestone, producing a record 572 locomotives in the 2025-26 fiscal year. This represen...
31 Mar, 2026, 09.54 PM IST
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 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
Hitachi ABB Power Grids India bags Rs 120 crore orderThe global technology leader will enable a public electric locomotive manufacturer to advance the government's mission for 100 per cent rai...
09 Jul, 2020, 01.40 PM 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
Modi to flag off India's most powerful rail engine: All about the locomotiveThe engine has been built in Madhepura' Electric Locomotive Factory in collaboration with French firm Alstom under 'Make in India' initiati...
10 Apr, 2018, 12.30 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
Railways to manufacture locos that run on diesel, electricityIt will manufacture five dual-mode locomotives of 4500 horse power capacity each at Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi as a pilot project.
17 Jan, 2016, 01.51 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
GE, Alstom get contracts for Marhora, Madhepura loco projectsRailways today awarded contracts to GE and Alstom for setting up of about Rs 40,000 crore worth diesel and electric locomotive factories.
09 Nov, 2015, 11.08 PM IST
1st big FDI in rail: GE, Alstom may get nods for Rs 40,000-cr loco plans in BiharDubbed as the first big-ticket project under 'Make in India' initiative in the public transporter, GE and Alstom may get the nods next week.
08 Nov, 2015, 09.49 AM IST
GE, Alstom ahead in race for bagging locomotive projects in BiharGE and Alstom are ahead in the race to bag contracts for the setting up of multi-crore diesel and electric locomotive factories in Bihar.
01 Sep, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
Green signal for two big-ticket FDI proposals in RailwaysSuresh Prabhu approves the two big-ticket FDI proposals for setting up diesel and electric locomotive plants in Bihar at a cost of Rs 2,400...
08 Mar, 2015, 07.02 PM IST
Chinese companies out of bidding race for Bihar railway plantsThe Chinese companies did not qualify and that is why they could not be shortlisted for RFQ in both the projects, said a senior Railway Min...
07 Sep, 2014, 09.40 AM IST
- HEC back on its feet
Heavy Engineering Corporation, the sick public sector company that is now back on its feet, is looking to diversify into manufacture of ele...
19 Jun, 2009, 11.37 PM IST