RCF-Kapurthala records highest monthly production in December 2021

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Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, January 4

Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory registered a record highest monthly production and average daily record production of LHB coaches in December 2021.

Last month, RCF manufactured 189 coaches with an average daily production rate of 7.27. In December 2020, RCF had manufactured 154 coaches with an average daily production rate of 5.92. In November 2021, RCF manufactured 156 coaches to achieve an average daily production rate of 7.09, whereas in October 2021, 157 coaches were manufactured at an average daily production rate of 6.83 coaches.

In December 2021, 87 AC coaches were produced which is the best ever production in any month. In the first nine months of this financial year 2021-22, RCF has achieved an achievement by manufacturing 1331 coaches. These include 355 parcel vans and 584 AC coaches. The RCF PRO said: “This increase in production despite the epidemic reflects the persistence and dedication of the RCF staff. This year many new products such as Narrow Gauge Vistadome coaches for Kalka Shimla Railways besides three Phase MEMU, AC three-tier economy class, high capacity parcel vans etc. will be manufactured which will be considered as important coaches in the fleet of rail coaches produced by RCF”.

Bags best production unit shield

Kapurthala, January 4

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. — TNS