Alstom supplies 500th electric locomotive to Indian Railways

French rolling banal shaper Alstom has supplied the 500th electrical locomotive to Indian Railways.

The 500th Prima T8 WAG12B locomotive, wholly manufactured successful India, was dispatched from Alstom’s manufacturing installation successful Madhepura, Bihar.

Alstom is providing 800 high-powered, double-section Prima T8 locomotives with a 12,000hp capableness for freight services, nether a €3.5bn ($3.7bn) contract.

These locomotives tin propulsion astir 6,000t rakes astatine speeds up to 120km/h.

Featuring Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) based propulsion technology, the e-locomotives connection important vigor savings done regenerative braking.

Alstom has besides established 2 "ultramodern" attraction depots successful Saharanpur and Nagpur, equipped with predictive technologies for enhanced availability and reduced attraction costs of these freight locomotives.

Alstom India managing manager Olivier Loison said: “Our WAG 12B electrical locomotives powered by cutting-edge exertion are afloat manufactured successful India and supply enhanced speed, efficiency, and reliability of freight haulage crossed the country.

“The transportation of our 500th e-loco underscores our committedness to modernise India's railway infrastructure, particularly for freight, thereby driving economical growth.”

The WAG-12B locomotives are produced astatine the integrated greenfield manufacturing tract successful Madhepura, Bihar, a associated task betwixt Alstom and Indian Railways.

This inaugural is said to correspond the “largest” Foreign Direct Investment successful the Indian obstruction sector.

The installation has a accumulation capableness of 120 locomotives per year, with Alstom achieving astir 90% localisation.

This task is an illustration of the 'Make successful India' initiative, with much than 85% of components sourced locally, according to Alstom.

It places India among a prime radical of countries that tin nutrient high-horsepower locomotives in-house and enhances technological expertise wrong the nation, the institution added.

The e-locomotives person already transported cardinal commodities specified arsenic coal, cement, nutrient grains, fertilisers, petrochemical products, minerals, and postal parcels implicit 120 cardinal kilometres crossed India.

Recently, Alstom signed a two-year declaration with Swedish state-owned obstruction relation SJ for the attraction of nighttime trains.

The statement covers the attraction of 75 carriages and 12 RC6 locomotives servicing routes betwixt Stockholm, Umea, Lulea, and Narvik.

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