The challenge for the procurement and production of 25 shunting locomotives might be carried out in 3 years at an anticipated value of 14 billion rupees, reasserts with inside the Ministry of Railways informed state-owned APP.
Currently, they stated that best fifty one locomotives had been being operated for this provider towards the ninety eight shunting factors at diverse railway stations throughout the country. Additionally, maximum of the vintage locomotives might be discarded because of excessive preservation costs.
They stated the challenge become aimed toward shopping and production 25 shunting diesel electric powered locomotives of 2000-2200 horsepower HP to update the overage and uneconomical locomotives.
The reasserts stated the position of particularly designed shunting locomotives become taken into consideration the spine of educate formation and educate rake substitute on the platform in addition to the elimination of educate rakes from the platform to the showering line and ill lines.
It became pertinent to say right here that the federal authorities has allotted 2300 million rupees with inside the modern-day Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to restore approximately one hundred diesel-electric powered locomotives.
Earlier, it emerged that Pakistan Railways (PR) will obtain first batch of 230 excessive-velocity new passenger coaches from China in December. The coaches could have the ability to run on the educates velocity of 160km/hr.
According to reports, the Chinese corporation has signed a settlement with Pakistan to deliver state-of-the-art, highly-priced and cushy coaches to revitalize long-distance passenger services.