Railways to produce 600 push-pull locomotives with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore
New Delhi: The Indian Railways is planning to produce push-pull locomotives on a large scale with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore.
Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi, the production unit of the railways, will manufacture 600 push-pull locomotives. The BLW will invite tenders shortly, an official in the railways said.
The push-pull loco is fully electrified, and the estimated cost per loco would be about Rs 12 crore. The manufacturer of push-pull locos at BLW will have 35 years of maintenance responsibility, said the official.
