Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
| Built | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kapurthala, Punjab |
| Industry | Railways |
| Products | |
| 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.
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:
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. Broad Gauge Air Conditioned
2. Broad Gauge Non Air Conditioned
3. Stainless Steel BG Coaches
4. Meter Gauge Air Conditioned Coaches
5. Self Propelled Coaches
6. Special Purpose Coaches
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.
A 65-bed Hospital supplies free medicine and free check-up to railway staff and their family members.
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.
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, supervisor club, officer club in which there are facilities of outdoor and indoor games.
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