Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli

Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
Company typeGovernment
IndustryRail transport
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
HeadquartersRaebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Area served
Asia
Africa
Key people
P.K.Mishra (General Manager)
ProductsRolling stock
Rail wheel
Production output
1875 coaches
(2021–22)[1]
OwnerIndian Railways
Number of employees
2500 (approx.)[2]
Websitehttps://mcf.indianrailways.gov.in/
Aerial view of MCF, Raebareli

Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli (formerly Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli)[3] or MCF Raebareli is a rail coach manufacturing unit of the Indian Railways at Lalganj near Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The factory is one of the coach production unit of Indian Railways besides the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in Punjab, Marathwada Rail Coach Factory in Latur, Maharashtra and Rail Coach Factory at Sonipat, Haryana. [4] The factory was inaugurated on 7 November 2012.[5] MCF Raebareli is one of the most advanced coach manufacturing unit of the world it is equipped with the many state of the art industrial robots and machines, on result making it require less manpower than other coach manufacturing units of Indian Railways.[6]

  1. ^ "Milestones". Modern Coach Factory Raebareli.
  2. ^ "Protests at Railways' MCF in Rae Bareli Against Corporatisation Move". 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "रेल कोच फैक्ट्री का नाम अब मॉडर्न कोच फैक्ट्री" [Rail Coach Factory Name Now Modern Coach Factory] (in Hindi).
  4. ^ "Marathwada Rail Coach Factory, Latur rolls out its first coach shell". 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Sonia opens rail coach factory at Rae Bareli". The Hindu. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Rail coach making gets a hand from robots; MCF beats expectations - Railway Enquiry".