Indian Railways new record: RCF manufactures nearly 1500 LHB coaches in last FY
Indian Railway’s Production unit,Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala has created another record in the production of coaches during fiscal 2020-21.
Rail Coach Factory, is one of the largest coach manufacturing unit has produced as many as 1500 coaches during the year 2020-21, of which 1,497 are LHB coaches. It manufactured 1342 coaches during last corresponding year i.e. 2019-20.
The modern LHB coaches, that are based on German technology, were first introduced on the Indian Railways network in the year 2000. However, the first indigenous LHB coach was put into service on the rail network in 2003. As compared to conventional ICF- design train coaches, the LHB coaches are considered to be better,safer and technologically advanced.
Interestingly, 1500 coaches manufactured during the the year are highest in the last five years, with 1489 coaches last manufactured in 2016-17. Also, the the increase in production volume is significant due to hard times of covid pandemic during which production remained suspended for a considerable time.
RCF had manufactured 182 coaches in the month of March , thus surpassing the highest ever monthly coach production of 154 coaches in December 2020.
