RCF bags best production unit shield

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, January 3

The Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has won the best production unit shield for exemplary performance during the year 2020-21. RCF will share this shield jointly with Banaras Locomotive Works, Banaras, which has been presented to it recently during the 66th National Railways Awards-2021. The coveted felicitation comes for the second time for RCF, earlier being in 2013.

In 2020-21, RCF Kapurthala’s production stood at 1,500 coaches. There was a record increase in production of LHB coaches (1497) as compared to previous year (928) thus registering an increase of 61 per cent in LHB production in the year 2020-21.

RCF rolled out new version of parcel coach (LVPH Mark -II) on November 7 by bringing some significant design changes and reducing the weight of Mark-I by three tonnes. This coach is well-endowed to carry heavier parcel goods at faster speed thus imparting a new fillip to parcel business. The new AC Three Tier Economy Class coach was rolled out on October 2 from RCF, incorporating many passenger-friendly innovations besides increasing the passenger capacity from 72 to 83 berths by introducing 11 additional berths. Also, while fighting against Covid fear, RCF turned out post-Covid coaches during the 2020-21 .

RCF resumed its production activities in April 2020, when most other big industrial units of country were under lockdown.

Ashesh Agrawal, general manager, RCF, said the award was due to the untiring efforts and dedication of the RCF employees, who worked relentlessly for increasing the satisfaction quotient of the passengers.