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Saturday, April 4, 2009

PAKISTAN RALWAYS CARRIAGE FACTORY, ISLAMABAD


Pakistan Railways Carriage Factory, Islamabad was set up in 1970 under the technical collaboration of LHB, Germany for manufacture of passenger carriages. The Factory is spread over the area of 58 Acres including 13 acres covered area. Most of the plants machinery and tools are of West Germany origin. The capacity of the Factory is 150 passenger coaches per year on single shift basis. Latest machines have also been installed at Carriage Factory for manufacturing of latest design high speed Chinese coaches.
1857 new passenger coaches have been manufactured and 691 old coaches have also been rehabilitated in the Factory. 223 passenger coaches have been manufactured and export to Bangladesh whereas 20 Meter Gauge rehabilitated coaches were exported to Senegal during 2002.
The projects of procurement/manufacture of 175 new design passenger carriages and rehabilitation of 450 passenger coaches for Pakistan Railways have been successfully completed. Another Project of procurement/manufacturing of 150 Modern Design Coaches for Pakistan Railways has been approved by ECNEC. International tender has been advertised with opening date 12-05-2007 for procurement/manufacturing of 150 passenger coaches. Another project for Rehabilitation of 400 passenger coaches has also been approved by ECNEC during meeting held on 07-03-2007 and work is being started

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