TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
RAILWAYS
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New Delhi
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Bangalore
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Mumbai
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rail Wheel Factory (Formerly known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is situated in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles and wheel sets for the Indian Railways.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first trial wheel was cast on 30th December 1983 and first axle was forged in March 1984. After successful trials, the Plant was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister late Smt. Indira Gandhi on 15th September 1984.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ministry of Railways The ‘Rail Wheel Factory’, known earlier as ‘Wheel & Axle Plant’, is one of the six Production Units of the Indian Railways. It was set up in 1985 to make Indian Railways self reliant in wheels and axles.
Detailed explanation-4: -An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a section of track between two points.