90 pc of wagon parts of Iran produced domestically
Tehran, 2008 Aug 5, IRNA
Each wagon of a passenger train uses some 24,000 pieces, 90 percent of which are produced within the country, said deputy head of Raja Passenger Train Company.
Speaking to IRNA Tuesday while visiting the company's Technical and Maintenance Section, Mohammad Hassan Esmaeili further said that the company is doing its best to produce main parts of the wagons in a bid to cut dependency on imports.
"Currently, there are 100 decrepit wagons with a 40-year life span in the company's railway fleet and we are obliged to keep them in use due to high demand," he said, noting that plans have earlier been made to phase them out soon.
Esmaeili further stated that a number of wagons as well as the relevant technologies will be imported to improve railway navigation system.
Some 50 six-bed wagons as well as 50 four-bed first-degree wagons are being manufactured in cooperation with an Austrian and Romanian companies respectively, he said, adding that the production of 200 four-bed wagons as well as 50 two-story wagons are also on the agenda.
Raja Company has undertaken various projects to increase the number of passenger wagons, Esmaeili said.
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