Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Thursday gave his in-principle nod for setting up a ‘Rolling Stock Components Rehabilitation Workshop’ for Andhra Pradesh, at an estimated cost of Rs. 280 crore. The location, however, was not disclosed.
A press release said the workshop was meant to undertake overhaul and rehabilitation of important mechanical components like center buffer coupler, precision roller bearings, draft gears, critical air brake components and the like, pertaining to high-speed coaches and wagons on Indian Railways. The special purpose critical machines to be installed in the workshop would be used to rehabilitate components and supply the same to meet requirements of workshops where periodic overhaul of coaches and wagons was undertaken, including the workshops at Lallaguda, Rayanapadu and Tirupati on South Central Railway besides those at Hubli, Perambur and Mancheshwar, the release said.
The workshop is meant to undertake overhaul of important components, says a release
