Tag: India’s first all-electric high speed locomotive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off new bi-weekly all electric Humsafar Express connecting Katihar to New Delhi. The PM has arrived in Bihar to address “Swachchh Bharat Mission” volunteers as part of the concluding celebration of Champaran Satyagraha centenary launched by the Bihar Government in April last year. The country’s first all-electric high speed locomotive is made with the help of a French company under Make-In-India Project at Madhepura Rail Loco factory in Bihar. The first engine to be rolled out from the factory has 12000 HP capacity, more than double of existing locomotives and capable of pulling along ... Read more