RCF Kapurthala surpasses LHB Coach Production of 2019-20 in December 2020-21
RCF was closed due to lock-down on the first 22 days in this financial year
Rajat Kumar
Dec 12, 2020 07:47
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Kapurthala: Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala is continuously setting new records in the production of rail coaches.
RCF has so far produced ( till 11.12.2020) a record 932 LHB coaches in this financial year, while in the last financial year, RCF manufactured 928 LHB coaches in a total of 293 working days . this is a remarkable achievement as RCF has manufactured these 932 coaches in only 190 working days. Till December 11 , last financial year, RCF had manufactured 926 coaches including 573 LHB coaches, while in the same corresponding period this year RCF has produced 359 more LHB coaches.
It is worth mentioning that RCF was closed due to lock-down on the first 22 days in this financial year and from 23.04.2020, and the production work resumed with only 50 percent workforce. More staff was called on 18.05.2020, while on 03.06.2020, the remaining employees joined their duties.
In this financial year so far, RCF has produced 263 high capacity parcel van coaches, 196 AC Two and Three Tier Sleeper coaches and other several coach variants .
In the month of November, RCF had set another milestone by generating a record production of 5.9 coaches per day. The average daily record production of 5.88 coaches was achieved in October 2020. Besides, RCF achieved the highest monthly LHB coach production in the months of July and September this year. In November, RCF built 124 coaches in just 21 working days to achieve an average daily production rate of 5.9, which is the highest in the history of RCF.
In November, RCF had many laurels in coach production. RCF rolled out a lighter high capacity Parcel Van Mark –II with carrying capacity of 24 tonne load and 130 km per hour speed. Hitherto , in this fiscal, RCF has built 242 parcel vans so far. In addition, on 18.11.2020, RCF rolled out country's first high speed Double Decker coach with 120 comfortable seats and capable to run at a speed of 160 kmph . /(Rajat Kumar, Jalandhar)
