Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura
The Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura is a joint venture of Alstom SA of France with Indian Railways for the production of 800 high-power locomotives over a period of 11 years designed to run on Indian tracks at 120 km/h (75 mph). The manufacturing has started on 11 October 2017.
| Company type | Mixed-ownership enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electric locomotives |
| Founded | 20 November 2015 |
Key people | Vijay Sharma (Director) |
| Products | WAG-12B |
Production output | 300 (March 2023) |
| Owner | Alstom SA (74% equity) & Ministry of Railways (26% equity) |
The company's Madhepura facility is spread across 250 acres (100 ha) and currently employs 70 people. It plans to ramp up production by 25% every year till it full capacity is reached. Alstom says its first locomotive will be ready for roll-out early 2019.
On 10 April 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated India's first high-speed WAG-12 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) freight electric locomotive at Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura. The first five locomotives will be completed by 2019 followed by 35 locomotives by 2020, 60 in 2021, and by 100 every year till the target of 800 is reached.
Indian Railways got its 50th locomotive delivered by December, 2020 and 100th locomotive by May 2021.
The company also completed setting-up two maintenance depots at Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Nagpur in Maharashtra.