August 22, 2008

Indian Railway to set up 3 locomotive manufacturing units in Bihar

BL recently reported that Indian Railways is setting up its 3 locomotive manufacturing units in Bihar on a public private partnership model and will offer 74% equity to private players in the proposed ventures.

The 3 facilities are
1. A diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marora
2. An electric locomotive unit at Madhepura
3. A rail coach factory at Chhapra

The locomotives, to be manufactured in the units, will be equipped with state of the art technology, capable of hauling longer and heavier trains. The new coach factory will also provide high capacity coaches.