BL reported that Rail Wheel Factory is in the process of adding wheels production for the electrical multiple units trains on suburban services in India to its product portfolio. The demand of EMU segment is currently met out of imports and from the Durgapur Steel Plant.

Mr KC Jena chairman of railway board has urged RWF employees to prepare themselves to meet the challenge to meet the growing demand for EMU wheels. He said that the factory is in the process of scaling up its wheels for the regular rail coaches to 200,000 from 145,000 now.