Lok Sabha Question No. 499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Rail Coach Factories in India
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. KAMARAAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.499 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## RAIL COACH FACTORIES IN INDIA

499.  DR. K. KAMARAJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Rail Coach Factories in India;
- (b) the  type  and  the  number  of  coaches  produced  during  the  past three years;
- (c) the number of coaches allotted to each railway region; and
- (d) whether Railways is proposing to establish electric multiple units or diesel electric multiple units coach factory in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )

(a) to (d)   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS   (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  499    BY    DR.  K.  KAMARAJ  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.12.2015 REGARDING RAIL COACH FACTORIES IN INDIA.

(a) At present, there are three Rail Coach Factories under Ministry of Railways.  In addition, a new DEMU factory at Haldia in West Bengal has  recently started furnishing of Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DEMU).

- (b) Type and number of coaches produced for Indian Railways by these factories during the past three years are given below:
- (c)  Allotment  of  coaches  to  Zonal Railways  varies  from  time  to  time according  to  their  requirement  and  is  an  on-going  process.  After allotment  of  coaches,  these  could  be  diverted  for  the  use  of  other zones as per requirement.  However, the initial zone-wise allotments of coaches during the current financial year is as under:-

|                        |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Self Propelled coaches |       607 |       253 |       329 |
| LHB design coaches     |       560 |       543 |       555 |
| ICF design coaches     |      2105 |      2493 |      2430 |
| Total                  |      3272 |      3289 |      3314 |

| Zone    |   Number of coaches allotted (April 2015 to Oct 2015) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Central |                                                   330 |
| Eastern |                                                   248 |

| East Central        |   128 |
|---------------------|-------|
| East Coast          |   106 |
| Northern            |   328 |
| North Central       |    65 |
| North Eastern       |   138 |
| North East Frontier |   275 |
| North Western       |    58 |
| Southern            |   148 |
| South Central       |   209 |
| South Eastern       |   124 |
| South East Central  |    78 |
| South Western       |    89 |
| Western             |   180 |
| West Central        |    92 |
| Konkan Railway      |    14 |
| Total               |  2610 |

(d) At present, there is no proposal to set up any Electric Multiple Unit or Diesel  Electric  Multiple  Unit  coach  factory  in  Tamil  Nadu.    Integral Coach  Factory  at  Chennai  in  Tamil  Nadu  is  already  manufacturing various  types  of  coaches  which  includes  Electric  Multiple  Units  and Diesel Electric Multiple Units.

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