Government of India Ministry of Railways

Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), formerly Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), is a production unit of Indian Railways situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has been named after the great freedom fighter, leader and statesman Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. The production activity started on 26th January, 1950 the day when India became Republic. The initial product of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works was Steam Locomotives.

Integral Coach Factory is one of the earliest railway production units of independent India. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1955. Later the Furnishing Division was inaugurated on 2nd October, 1962 and the production of fully furnished coaches steadily increased over the years.

Modern Coach Factory (MCF), set up by Indian Railways in 2007 at Lalganj in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, is one of India’s most advanced passenger coach manufacturing units. MCF is located about 3 km from Lalganj on the Kanpur–Raebareli Road (85 km from Lucknow).

PLW Patiala is a fully owned Production Unit of Indian Railways, which was setup in October 1981 as “Diesel Component Works” (DCW), to meet the ever-increasing demand of high precision maintenance spares of ALCo diesel locomotives. It is located at the heritage city of Patiala and is pride of Punjab.

Foundation stone of Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala was laid by The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi on 17.08.1985. The objective of this project was to enhance the production capacity of passenger coaches to meet the ever increasing demand of Indian Railways (IR) and to generate employment opportunities for the youth of Punjab.

Rail Wheel Factory (Formerly known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is situated in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting the bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles and wheelsets for the Indian Railways. The spare capacity available is profitably utilized to meet the domestic demands of non-railway customers and exports.

Rail Wheel Plant (RWP) is situated at Bela, in Saran district of Bihar (India). It was established to meet the growing requirement of wheel discs for the Indian Railways.