RITES will not only supply the passenger coaches but also provide design expertise, spare parts support, and training.
Indian Railways
to supply 200
passenger coaches
to Bangladesh!
RITES Limited
, an engineering consultancy company, has entered into a contract agreement to provide
Bangladesh Railways
with 200 Broad Gauge (BG) passenger coaches. While 104 of these coaches will be air-conditioned, 96 will be non-AC. These coaches will be manufactured at the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) in Kapurthala.
The contract, valued at $111.26 million (approximately Rs 915 crore), was secured by RITES, the export arm of Indian Railways, through a competitive bidding process on a global scale.
The project is being financed by the
European Investment Bank
(EIB).
According to the contract terms, RITES will not only supply the passenger coaches but also provide design expertise, spare parts support, and training. The contract includes a supply and commissioning period of 36 months, followed by a 24-month warranty period.
The agreement was signed by officials from RITES and Bangladesh Railway in the presence of the Bangladesh’s Minister of Railways Md. Zillul Hakim, and Additional Member, PU, Ministry of Railways, Sanjay Kumar Pankaj in Dhaka on Monday.
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According to RITES, the contract underscores the company’s aim to promote growth through the export of indigenously developed, world-class railway rolling stock, aligning with the “Make in India, for the World” vision.
Prior to this contract, RITES had supplied Bangladesh Railways with 120 broad gauge passenger coaches (LHB type), 36 broad gauge locomotives, and 10 meter gauge locomotives. The company has also collaborated on various other infrastructure projects in Bangladesh.
