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Production Service

Transportation In India by rail is most convenient for both tourist and the native people of the country. So if you are planning a trip to India and then make sure you travel by train service provided by Indian Railways traversing all over India by rail is most convenient for the tourists and travelers. Railway Travel in India is a goos idea since it is also the fastest means of transportation at a cheaper rate. Not merely the elaborate passenger service the Indian railway can boast of a state of the art production service too.

The Indian Railways is perhaps on of the most self sufficient Railway organizations in the world. The production service record of Indian Railways is pretty commendable. Indian Railway manufactures a huge array of its rolling stock and heavy engineering parts. The production division of Indian Railways owes its origin to historical reasons. India like many other with most developing economies was mainly concerned with import substitution of expensive technology related products. That is why the heavy engineering components needed by Indian railways started to be produced by the production service of Indian railway. This scenario was relevant when the general state of the national engineering industry was immature.



The different Production Units and the manufacturing plants of the Indian Railways are managed directly by the Railway Ministry of the Indian Government. The General Managers of the the various Production Units of Indian Railways report to the Railway Board. The are quite a few Production Units under the aegis of Production Service of Indian Railways . These production units of Indian Railways are:
  • Diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi
  • Diesel Locomotive Works, Ponmalaipatty at Tiruchirapalli
  • Diesel-Loco Modernization Works at Patiala
  • Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala
  • Rail Wheel Factory at Bangalore
  • Rail Spring Karkhana at Gwalior
  • Bharat Earth Movers Limited at Bangalore
  • Central Organization For Railway Electrification at Allahabad
  • Chittaranjan Locomotive Works at Chittaranjan
  • Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala
  • Rail Wheel Factory at Bangalore
  • Rail Spring Karkhana at Gwalior
  • Integral Coach Factory at Chennai
Thus the production service of Indian Railway is just another feather in the cap of this prestigious organization.

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