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This organization is situated at Lucknow.
It is headed by a Director General. There are a number of directorates each
under an under Executive Director The main purpose of this organization is
to develop new designs, standardisation of existing systems, monitor the
condition of of railway track , test the efficiency of running staff etc.
Chittaranjan Locomotive WorksChittaranjan
The production in this factoryac was started on 26th January, 1950 the day
when India became Republic. The initial product of Chittaranjan Locomotive
Works was Steam Locomotive .
Subsequently Diesel locomotives were
manufactured. Now electric
locomotives are being manufactured. here.
Diesel
Locomotive Works(DLW)
This factory is situated at Varanasi.
Disel locomotives are manufactuted. Maintenace of locomotives are also done
here. Locomotive manufactured here have been exported to
Srilanka,Malayasia, Vietnam, Bangla desh, Tanzania etc. Now electric locos
are also manufactured here.
Integral
Coach Factory (ICF|)
The factory is situated in Perambur,
Chennai. Passenger coaches are manufactured here.
The
factory was inaugurated by the first
Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1955. Spread
over nearly 473 acres, it has about 11,095 workers. About 2,1000 coaches are manufactured every
year which includes conventional and self propelled coaches.
Rail Coach Factory (RCF)
RCF is
situated in Kapurthala, Punjab. This was established in 1986. At present more than 36,000 RCF built coaches are
traversing the length and breadth of
the country. Every year RCF is making more than 1600 coaches, which
includes AC and Non-AC coaches for Broad Gauge.
Rail Wheel Factory ( RWF)
Rail Wheel
Factory, Yelehanka (RWF) (also known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is a
manufacturing unit of Indian Railways,
producing wheels, axles and wheel sets
of railroad wagons,
coaches and locomotives for the use of Indian Railways and overseas customers is situated at Yelahanka,
Bangalore in ...
Rail
India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) Limited )
Earlier It was known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service.
It is an engineering consultancy
company, specializing in the field of transport
infrastructure. Established in 1974 by the Government of
India, the company's initial charter was to provide
consultancy services in rail transport management
to operators in India and abroad. RITES has since diversified into planning
and consulting services for other infrastructure, including airports,
ports, highways and urban planning. On-shore WDS6 Diesel Loco Leasing
service has been introduced. It was awarded the status of MINIRATNA in
2002.
It has executed projects in over 62 countries on every
major continent. As of 2011, it was executing projects in over 30
countries.
IRCOIN International
Ircon International Limited, formerly Indian Railway Construction Company
Limited (IRCON), is an engineering and construction, spcompany specialized
in transport infrastructure. This was established in 1976, by the
Government of India under the Companies Act 1956.
IRCON was registered as the Indian Railway Construction International Ltd.,
a wholly (100%) owned entity of the Ministry of Railways. Its primary purpose is the construction of railway projects in
India and abroad. IRCON has since diversified into other transport and
infrastructure segments and with its expanded scope of operations around
the world, the name was changed to Indian Railway International Ltd. in
October 1995.
Ircon has completed over 1250 major
infrastructure projects in India and over 200 major projects across the
globe in more than 31 countries.
Centre
for Railway Information System (CRIS)
CRIS designs,
develops, implements and maintains information systems for Indian Railways.
It has also developed, implemented and maintained IT systems for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ship-ticketing system. The number of projects
handled by CRIS has increased from three in 2000 to more than 80 by 2018.
COA (Control Office Application),
which assists train controllers (despatchers) in planning and tracking the
movement of trains across the network, shares its data with applications
such as NTES (with which passengers can obtain a train's location and
expected movement) and FOIS. Train punctuality reports are generated
through ICMS (Integrated Coaching
COA.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Development
Corporation Ltd(IRCTC)
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The Indian Railway Catering And
Tourism Corporation Limited also popularly known as IRCTC was
incorporated in the year 1999 under Ministry of Railways to upgrade and
professionalise catering services over Indian Railways and also to
promote Railways as a kaleidoscope of tourism across the country.
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Special Projects
Metro Rail System
The increased
traffic on roads especially in metropolitan cities has led to severe congestion
leading to traffic blocks. Metro rail systems are operational in 10 cities.
These are Kolkota, Delhi, Mumbai , Chennai ,Bangaluru, Gurugram,Jaipur,
Kochi, Jaipur and Lucknow. Kolkota metro is the oldest in the country.
Metro rail systems have led to ease the traffic congestion to a limited
extent.
Konkan Railway
This railway connects Mangalore
with Mumbai. Previously passengers had to go through a very circuitious
route taking more time. The 741 km track passes through Karnataka, Goa and
Maharshtra. The first train on this route was flagged off on January 26,
1998. During the monsoon period at several location land slides take place
and traffic has to be diverted through other routes.
Enginelessss
Train ( T 18)
Vande Bharat Express , also known as Train
18, is an Indian semi-high speed intercity electric multiple unit. It was designed and built by Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai under the Indian government's Make in India initiative over a span
of 18 months. The unit cost of the first rake was given as ₹100 crore (US$14 million), though the unit cost is expected to go
down with subsequent production.[ At the original price, it is estimated to
be 40% less costly than a similar train imported from Europe. The
train was launched on 15 February 2019,] by which date a second unit will have been produced and
readied for service. The service was named 'Vande Bharat Express' on
27 January 2019.
The Rail University
The first railway
university of the country has
started functioning from Vadodra, Gujarat. The university will
primarily offer two courses, Bachelor of Science in Transportation
Technology and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Transport
Management. Till now 103 students have been shortlisted for the
undergraduate course.
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