Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

**Rail Coach Factory**
**रेल कोच फैक्टरी**
Built	1986 (1986)
Location	Kapurthala, Punjab
Industry	Railways
Products	Rolling stock
Employees	7000 (Approx.)
Address	Kapurthala, Punjab

Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in the Indian state of the Punjab is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur line.

History

Established in 1986, RCF is a coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured more than 30000 passenger coaches of different types including Self Propelled passenger vehicles which constitute over 50% of the total population of coaches on Indian Railways.

Some of them are:

1st AC (Air-Conditioned) Sleeper Coach (5 ft 6 in or 1,676 mm BG)
2 Tier AC Sleeper Coach (Broad gauge, (BG)); Meter Gauge, MG)
3 Tier AC Sleeper Coach (BG)
AC Inspection Coach (BG)
AC Chair Car, Executive Class & Economy Class (BG/MG)
AC Buffet Car (BG)
AC Power Car (BG)
MG Diesel Electric Multiple Units
Main Line Electric Multiple Units (BG)
Non-AC Sleeper Class Day Coach (BG)
Non-AC General Coach (BG/MG)
Non-AC Luggage-cum-Brake Van (BG/MG)
Refrigerated Parcel Van (BG)
Non AC Inspection Coach (BG)
High Capacity Parcel Van (BG)
Accident Relief Train (BG)
Post Office Coach (BG)
Coaching Container Flats (BG)
Double Decker Coach (BG)
Non-AC Day Coach (BG)

Production

Air-conditioned LHB Coach of Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani

This output constitutes over 35% of the total population of coaches on Indian Railways. The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) has produced record number of coaches in the financial year 2013-14, as it reached the mark of 1701 coaches against installed capacity of 1500 per annum. During the year RCF produced 23 different variants of coaches for high-speed trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, double decker and other trains. The factory in association with DRDE also developed a highly cost-effective indigenous technology for treatment of bio waste in coaches. Around 2096 bio-toilets have been fitted in 2013-14.^[1]

1. Broad Gauge Air Conditioned

1.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

1.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC)

2. Broad Gauge Non Air Conditioned

2.1 General Second Class Seating

2.2 General Second Sleeper

2.3 General Second Class Day Coach

2.4 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard's Compartment

2.5 General Second Class With Disabled Compartment and Guard's Compartment

2.6 Power Cars

3. Stainless Steel BG Coaches

3.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

3.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC)

3.3 AC Pantry Car

3.4 General Second Class Seating

3.5 General Second Sleeper

3.6 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard's Compartment

4. Meter Gauge Air Conditioned Coaches

4.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

4.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC)

4.3 General Second Class Seating

4.4 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard's Compartment

5. Self Propelled Coaches

5.1 Accident Relief Train

5.2 Mailline Electric Multiple Unit

5.3 Mainline Diesel Multiple Unit

5.4 Meter Gauge Diesel Multiple Unit

6. Special Purpose Coaches

6.1 RA Coaches

6.2 Parcel Vans

6.3 Refrigrated Parcel Vans

6.4 Postal Vans

The factory is also manufacturing 120 Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches to be exported to Bangladesh at an estimated cost of Rs 367 crore, with the first consignment of 40 set to be dispatched in March 2016. The factory has already exported coaches to South East Asian and African countries which have Metre Gauge rail networks and Indian Railways' past experience in Meter Gauge rolling stock has proves handy in serving these markets.^[2]

Employees Welfare

Hospital

A 65-bed Hospital supplies free medicine and free check-up to railway staff and their family members.

Education

The township has two Kendriya Vidhyalaya's, one Government Elementary School (Punjabi medium), one Government Senior Secondary School (Punjabi medium), two Jack 'N' Jill schools run by RCF Women's Welfare Organization, of which one handles up to UKG and other up to 6th Standard.

Recreation

A Lake complex in with boating channel and a park in the memory of martyr of The War of Kargil in 1999, which have 'Lakshman Jhula' tied with metal ropes between two hills. Apart from these it has stadiums and courts for indoor and outdoor games.There are 3 club in R.C.F. namely worker club, suprvisor club, officer club in which there are facilities of outdoor and indoor games.

Utilities

The township also has Shopping complexes, Banks, Post office, Staff canteen, Karamchari Kalyan Kosh,^{[lower-alpha 1]} Handicraft Centre, Creche and a RCF/WWO–run Computer Centre.

Notes

↑ Karamchari Kalyan Kosh is a scheme to provide immediate financial help to the family of employees, who expires in service. Under this scheme, all staff including officers are covered and immediate help is provided to the aggrieved family. ₹15 (22¢ US) as subscription is being deducted from the salary. A sum of ₹56,500 (US$840) is paid to the family of deceased employee.

References

↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/rcf-kapurthala-announces-record-coach-production.html
↑ "Railways to export 120 LHB coaches to Bangladesh, first consignment of 40 to be dispatched in March - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-02-11.

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Indian Railways

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