From metro coaches to Australia, locomotives to Myanmar and Bangladesh, passenger coaches to Mozambique and Sri Lanka, the Indian Railways’ world footprint is increasing as export of rail gear have surged, Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw stated in Parliament on Monday. He stated that India is supplying different rail gear as effectively akin to propulsion system and bogie or underframe to a number of European nations.
“Right now, from our nation, the metro coaches are being exported to Australia. The mechanical construction beneath the locomotive and coaches, which is known as bogie or the underframe, is being exported to United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, France and Australia. Together with this the propulsion system, an vital a part of energy electronics, is being now exported to France, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Germany and Italy. It’s a matter of nice satisfaction,” stated Vaishnaw throughout a dialogue within the Rajya Sabha on Railways Finances.
He additional stated that passenger coaches are being exported to Mozambique, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Equally, Indian locomotives are being despatched to Mozambique, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Vaishnaw additionally introduced that locomotives manufactured at Marhowra manufacturing unit — a public non-public partnership (PPP) mode manufacturing unit in Saran district in Bihar — shall be exported in close to future.
“Within the close to future in Bihar, the Marhowra Manufacturing facility, which was introduced by Lalu Yadav (as then Railway Minister) and it received the momentum after Narendra Modi took cost in 2014, will export greater than 100 locomotives quickly. Thus, Made in Bihar locomotives will go world wide,” stated the Minister in Rajya Sabha.
He additional stated that cast wheel shall be exported from Tamil Nadu in close to future.
Just lately the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways additionally desired that Indian Railways ought to develop its enterprise operation in exporting of rail parts to reinforce income with out making any compromise on fulfilling of indigenous demand for rolling inventory.
Based on the report of the Committee, Railways exported rolling shares — Locomotives and Passenger Coaches — of Rs 608.70 crore to Mozambique and Sri Lanka throughout 2022 and 2023. There was no export of rolling shares in 2024.
In 2022, Indian Railways provided one 3000HP diesel electrical locomotive, manufactured at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) Varanasi, of Rs 30.59 crore and 58 passenger coaches & 5 diesel electrical a number of unit (DEMU) units (every DEMU set comprising of six coaches), manufactured at Fashionable Coach Manufacturing facility, Raebareli, of Rs 293.32 crore to Mozambique. In the identical yr, Railways exported 40 broad gauge passenger coaches to Sri Lanka at a value of Rs 164.77 crore. These coaches had been manufactured at Integral Coach Manufacturing facility (ICF), Chennai. In 2023 too, Railways exported passenger coaches to Mozambique for over Rs 120 crore.
The Railway Minister said that in FY25, Railways will transport 1.6 billion tonnes of cargo, making it one of many world’s prime three freight carriers, alongside China and the USA.
Concerning the current incident at New Delhi Railway Station, the Railway Minister knowledgeable the Home that each one CCTV footage and related knowledge have been secured and roughly 300 people have been interviewed to confirm info.
