Titagarh Rail Programs now builds far more than freight wagons

Titagarh Rail Programs, a number one producer of railway freight wagons within the non-public sector, is quickly diversifying with the manufacture of passenger rail techniques, together with creating driverless metro trains. A important provider to Indian Railways, it at the moment produces 1,000 wagons a month.

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The Kolkata-based firm’s operations have been not too long ago expanded to maintain up with its diversification, together with the manufacture of Vande Bharat practice units, metro coaches and propulsion techniques within the passenger railway phase. 

The corporate, previously Titagarh Wagons, is creating driverless metro trains in a tie-up with ABB India, the Indian arm of Swiss-Swedish energy and automation group ABB. “This collaboration strengthens our experience in propulsion techniques and rolling inventory, establishing us because the foremost indigenous firm with proprietary know-how in driverless metro propulsion techniques,” says Prithish Chowdhary, Deputy CEO-Passenger Rail Programs, Titagarh Rail Programs.

“That is the primary time that the know-how for driverless metro propulsion will belong to an Indian agency. This kinds part of our capital expenditure,” Chowdhary explains, including that the corporate has bagged orders from Surat Metro and Ahmedabad Metro, too; ABB will provide the propulsion for the 2 driverless metro initiatives.

Hopping aboard passenger trains

Titagarh Rail Programs is a brand new entrant within the manufacture of passenger rail techniques. It has two amenities in Titagarh, aside from a passenger rail system manufacturing plant in Uttarpara, West Bengal. The Vande Bharat sleeper trains shall be manufactured on the passenger rolling inventory unit throughout the Uttarpara facility.

“Firms like Alstom have been the leaders on this business (passenger rail techniques). We’re the brand new youngsters on the block, however as soon as our capability touches 850 coaches every year, we intend to ascertain ourselves because the market chief on this phase as nicely,” Chowdhary says.

The corporate is India’s largest producer of freight rolling inventory. Its Bharatpur facility in Rajasthan manufactures wagons. Having achieved and maintained the focused 1,000 wagons a month since December 2023, the corporate boasts a run fee of 12,000 wagons per 12 months, Chowdhary says.

He additionally mentions a latest order from the Railways for 4,463 wagons, which might be delivered over the subsequent 14 months.