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Established in 1986, RCF is a coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. RCF has already carved a niche in the industrial scenario of the country at large and Indian Railways , in particular. After turning out its first coach in March 1988, RCF has moved on to become the largest and most modern coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. At present more than 28,000 RCF built coaches are traversing the length and breadth of our nation. Every year RCF is adding more than 1600 coaches to this fleet, which includes AC and Non-AC coaches for Broad Gauge.

RCF is equipped with a state-of-the–art CAD centre and CNC machines to undertake design and manufacture of bogies, shells (both with stainless steel and corten steel).FRP interiors as per customer’s requirement. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and processes have enabled RCF to achieve excellence in Design, Development, Manufacture, Installation and after sales service of Railway Coaches with a view to ensure enhanced satisfaction of the Rail customer.

The factory is located at a distance of 7 kms. from the historical city of Kapurthala. The integrated township is very well planned and boasts of lush green surroundings. It is considered one of the best residential complexes in the country. RCF is a self contained unit with its own shopping complex, six schools, banks with ATM facilities and a 76 bedded hospital. Apart from this, RCF colony has a beautiful lake complex, a large sports stadium, an 18-hole golf course, synthetic lawn-tennis courts, Astroturf Hockey Stadium, international size swimming pool, skating rink and other sports facilities.

Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

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**Rail Coach Factory**
**रेल कोच फैक्टरी**
Built	1986; 29 years ago
Location	Kapurthala, Punjab
Industry	Railways
Products	Rolling stock
Employees	7000 (Approx.)
Address	Kapurthala, Punjab

Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in the Indian state of the Punjab is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur line.

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History[edit]

Established in 1986, RCF is a coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured more than 30000 passenger coaches of different types including Self Propelled passenger vehicles which constitute over 50% of the total population of coaches on Indian Railways.

Some of them are:

1st AC Sleeper Coach (BG)
2 Tier AC Sleeper Coach (BG, MG)
3 Tier AC Sleeper Coach (BG)
AC (Air-Conditioned) Inspection Coach (BG)
AC Chair Car, Executive Class & Economy Class (BG, MG)
AC Buffet Car (BG)
AC Power Car (BG)
MG Diesel Electrical Multiple Units
Main Line Electrical Multiple Units (BG)
Non-AC Sleeper Class Day Coach (BG)
Non-AC General Coach (BG/MG)
Non-AC Luggage-cum-Brake Van (BG/MG)
Refrigerated Parcel Van (BG)
Non AC Inspection Coach (BG)
High Capacity Parcel Van (BG)
Accident Relief Train (BG)
Post Office Coach (BG)
Coaching Container Flats (BG)
Double Decker Coach (BG)
Non-AC Day Coach (BG)

Production[edit]

Air-conditioned LHB Coach of Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani

This output constitutes over 35% of the total population of coaches on Indian Railways. The Rail Coach Factory (RCF) has produced record number of coaches in theFINANCIAL

year 2013-14, as it reached the mark of 1701 coaches against installed capacity of 1500 per annum. During the year RCF produced 23 different variants of coaches for high-speed trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, double decker and other trains. The factory in association with DRDE also developed a highly cost-effective indigenous technology for treatment of bio waste in coaches. Around 2096 bio-toilets have beenFITTED

in 2013-14.^[1]

1. Broad Gauge Air Conditioned

1.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

1.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC)

2. Broad Gauge Non Air Conditioned

2.1 General Second Class Seating

2.2 General Second Sleeper

2.3 General Second Class Day Coach

2.4 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard’s Compartment

2.5 General Second Class With Disabled Compartment and Guard’s Compartment

2.6 Power Cars

3. Stainless Steel BG Coaches

           3.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

3.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC) 3.3 AC Pantry Car 3.4 General Second Class Seating 3.5 General Second Sleeper 3.6 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard’s Compartment

4. Meter Gauge Air Conditioned Coaches

   4.1 AC Sleeper (AC First, AC-2 Tier, AC-3 Tier)

4.2 AC Chair Car (Executive Class, Second AC) 4.3 General Second Class Seating 4.4 General Second Class With Luggage Rack and Guard’s Compartment 5. Self Propelled Coaches

   5.1 Accident Relief Train

5.2 Mailline Electric Multiple Unit 5.3 Mainline Diesel Multiple Unit 5.4 Meter Gauge Diesel Multiple Unit 6. Special Purpose Coaches

   6.1 RA Coaches

6.2 Parcel Vans 6.3 Refrigrated Parcel Vans 6.4 Postal Vans

Employees Welfare[edit]

Hospital[edit]

A 65-bed Hospital supplies free medicine and free check-up to railway staff and their family members.

Education[edit]

The township has two Kendriya Vidhyalaya's, one Government Elementary School (Punjabi medium), one Government Senior Secondary School (Punjabi medium), two Jack 'N' Jill schools run by RCF Women's Welfare Organization, of which one handles up to UKG and other up to 6th Standard.

Recreation[edit]

A Lake complex in with boating channel and a park in the memory of martyr of War of Kargil in 1971, which have 'Lakshman Jhula' tied with metal ropes between two hills. Apart from these it has stadiums and courts for indoor and outdoor games.There are 3 club in R.C.F. namely worker club , suprvisor club , officer club in which there are facilites of outdoor and indoor games.

Utilities[edit]

The township also has Shopping complexes, Banks, Post office, Staff canteen, Karamchari Kalyan Kosh,^[a] Handicraft Centre, Creche and a RCF/WWO–run Computer Centre.