Rail Wheel Factory
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Company type | Government Organisation |
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Industry | Wheels, coaches and locomotives |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | Yelahanka, Bangalore, India |
Owner | Indian Railways |
Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka (RWF) (also known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, producing wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of Indian Railways and overseas customers is situated at Yelahanka, Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.
The unit was started by C. K. Jaffer Sharief, the then Railway Minister, who got this project to Bangalore. It was commissioned in 1984 to manufacture wheels and axles for the Indian Railways.
This factory uses cast steel technology in the manufacturing of wheels which utilizes scrap steel collected from Railways' own workshops as raw material. The products (Wheels,
See also
- Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi
- Diesel Locomotive Factory, Marhowrah
- Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Asansol
- Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura
- Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
- Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
- Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
- Rail Wheel Plant, Bela
- Titagarh Wagons, Titagarh
- List of locomotive builders by countries
References
- ^ "Introduction to Wheel Plant Factory". Indian Railways.
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