President Ahmadinejad opens diesel locomotive plant
Posted: 19 Jul 2012, 14:42
President Ahmadinejad opens diesel locomotive plant
19 July 2012 Railway Gazette
IRAN: President Ahmadinejad officially inaugurated a locomotive assembly plant on July 17, saying the new facility operated by industrial group MAPNA would support national self-sufficiency and produce high-quality locomotives at lower prices than imported equipment.
The factory has the capacity to produce up to 150 locomotives a year, in addition to coaches and wagons. It is initially producing IranRunner diesel locomotives under a 2008 technology transfer agreement with Siemens which covered 150 locomotives, the first 30 of which were supplied from Germany.
According to MAPNA, the single-cab 160 km/h locomotives are 25% more fuel efficient than RAI's existing fleet of mostly US designs.
In January 2010 Siemens announced its withdrawal from the Iranian market once it had completed existing contracts.
19 July 2012 Railway Gazette
IRAN: President Ahmadinejad officially inaugurated a locomotive assembly plant on July 17, saying the new facility operated by industrial group MAPNA would support national self-sufficiency and produce high-quality locomotives at lower prices than imported equipment.
The factory has the capacity to produce up to 150 locomotives a year, in addition to coaches and wagons. It is initially producing IranRunner diesel locomotives under a 2008 technology transfer agreement with Siemens which covered 150 locomotives, the first 30 of which were supplied from Germany.
According to MAPNA, the single-cab 160 km/h locomotives are 25% more fuel efficient than RAI's existing fleet of mostly US designs.
In January 2010 Siemens announced its withdrawal from the Iranian market once it had completed existing contracts.