Railways plans ₹40,000-cr wagon tender for 100k units

The planned purchase is meant to help wagon makers fully utilize their expanded capacity

- Subhash Narayan

Railway ministry aims to procure 100,000 wagons over the next three years to boost the freight capacity of the Indian Railways.

Indian Railways is expected to soon roll out a mega tender worth around ₹40,000 crore to procure 100,000 freight wagons over the next three to four years, two persons aware of the development said.

The proposed tender, expected to be slightly bigger than the previous large wagon procurement exercise undertaken in 2022, could involve an annual procurement of 35,000-40,000 wagons, and the first set of wagon orders will likely be issued in the second quarter (July-September) of the ongoing fiscal year, the first of the two persons cited above said, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity.