The Ministry of Railways had invited tender for “Manufacture and supply of 1200 Electric Locomotive of 9,000 HP, Co-Co configuration (the “Locomotive”) spread over a period of 11 (eleven) year at Rolling Stock Workshop, Dahod and Maintenance at nominated Government Depots over Indian Railways on the basis of a long term manufacture and maintenance contract.
Siemens Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for the 9000 HP Electric Locomotives project in Dahod, Gujarat, India for Rs. 13,777.20 crore.
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- 9000 HP, 6 axle Co-Co Locomotives will utilized all over Indian Railways Route for hauling 4500T load with average speed of 75 kmph by single loco (Grade: 1 in 200).
- Manufactured at Rolling Stock Workshop, Dahod in Gujarat by upgrading of existing facilities and developing of additional facilities as required.
- Locomotives to be manufactured at Rolling Stock Workshop, Dahod using Railway Manpower.
- Nominated Government Depots for Maintenance with holding capacity of 300 each at:
- Kharagpur (West Bengal)
- Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
- Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
- Pune (Maharashtra).
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