First 12,000 HP electric locomotive joins network
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20th May, 2020
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- The Indian Railways has operationalised its first 12,000 hp electric locomotive manufactured locally by French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom.
- The locomotive made its maiden commercial run between Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Station to Shivpur.
- It has been manufactured at the Madhepura Electric Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. (MELPL), in Bihar, which is a joint venture between the French major and the Indian railways holding an equity share of 74% and 26% respectively.
- India became the sixth country in the world to join the club of countries producing high horsepower locomotive indigenously
- Alstom in 2015 bagged a Rs. 25,000 crore order for supplying 800 high-power electric locomotives, one of the largest instances of public-private partnership in the country.