Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first new D9 series 9000-horsepower electric locomotives at the Indian Railways facility in Dahod, Gujarat. The event marks the start of ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has 'flagged off' the first of the 1,200 Siemens Mobility D9-9000 HP electric locomotives manufactured at the Indian Railways factory in Dahod, Gujarat.

The facility, designed to produce 1,200 cutting-edge electric freight locomotives with a powerful 9000 HP capacity, stands as a testament to India’s engineering prowess and industrial ambition.

It stated that the increased hauling power of the 9000 HP locomotive offers a solution to one of Indian Railways’ biggest challenges: congestion on high-density freight routes. “With fewer locomotives ...

Credit: Siemens Mobility. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ‘flagged off’ the first of the 1,200 Siemens Mobility D9-9000 HP electric locomotives manufactured at the Indian Railways factory in ...

The contract for the manufacturing and maintenance of these locomotives was awarded to the German engineering firm Siemens, which will engage Railway personnel at four depots: Visakhapatnam, Raipur, ...

This state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to producing 9,000 HP electric locomotives, with an annual production capacity of 120 units, which can be scaled up to 150 units based on demand. The ...

Our passenger coaches are in Mozambique, Sri Lanka and other countries,” he said. The 9,000 horsepower locomotives are planned to be used primarily on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to ...

Siemens Ltd has bagged the project from the Railways to design, engineer, manufacture and maintain 1,200 electric locomotives of 9000 horsepower (HP). The Prime Minister inaugurated the country's ...

The facility is designed to produce 1,200 state-of-the-art electric freight locomotives, each with a formidable 9000 HP capacity. This development is expected to provide a substantial boost to ...