India's first bodyshell of 12000 HP loco from Alstom France arrived at Kolkata port
This first-of-its-kind high-power electric locomotive
This first-of-its-kind high-power electric locomotive
Features of the locomotive
- It will be used to haul freight trains at twice the existing speed by next year.
- This is the first major FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) project in the rail sector.
- This project includes the set-up of a plant at Madhepura (Bihar state) and two maintenance depots at Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh state)and Nagpur (Maharashtra state). The delivery of the locomotives will spread between 2018 and 2028.
- It will run at a speed up to 120 km/h.
- The Railways is currently using 6,000HP locomotives for freight services. The increase in speed would also result in improving line capacity in the rail network
