The load-bearing capabilities of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are being put to the ultimate test in a train bogie developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). The component was jointly ...

A composite bogie frame made of woven glass fabric and epoxy promises to bring about a 30% weight saving compared with conventional steel frames, corresponding to a 635 kg weight reduction per ...

Bombardier's Savli site near Vadodara in India has been manufacturing bogies for domestic and export rail projects since 2008. Savli is India's first private rail vehicle manufacturing site to achieve ...

MBB BOMA-FA95 bogie frames are not the kind of product most travelers notice, but you feel them the moment a regional train glides over a switch without a harsh jolt. The steel undercarriage keeps ...

Bombardier Savli has also produced 1,600 complete FLEXX bogies for the Delhi Metro, including 1,200 complete rail cars. BERLIN — On Dec. 14, Bombardier Transportation announces the roll-out of the ...

William Cook Rail is a manufacturer of components for couplers, bogies, drawgear assemblies, and brake discs for many different types of railway vehicles. William Cook Rail offers maintenance, repair ...

Hofmann Engineering has secured a contract to construct 900 bogie frames for a high-capacity metro train project in Victoria, Australia. The bogie frames will be built at the manufacturer’s workshop ...

RAIL vehicle bogies made from recycled carbon fibre could lead to major savings for operators, with a 50 per cent reduction in weight meaning a huge reduction in track wear and energy and maintenance ...

Not all rail factories in Bengal announced by Mamata Banerjee when she was railway minister have been shelved. KOLKATA: Not all rail factories in Bengal announced by Mamata Banerjee when she was ...

The Cherthala-based Autokast Ltd., a ferrous foundry manufacturing unit in the public sector, has bagged an order from the BEML Ltd. for the supply of Casnub bogie frames for developing Rail Grinding ...

Fulfilling the promise made by then Minister of Railways M. Mallikarjuna Kharge to the most-backward region, his successor Suresh Prabhu will inaugurate the FIAT Rail Bogie Karkhana located at Badiyal ...