Indian Railway approves JSPL's high-speed rails

Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has become the first and only Indian manufacturer to develop 60E1 1175 Heat Treated (HT) Rails suitable for High-speed and High Axle Load applications primarily used by the Metro Rails, High-Speed Corridors and Bullet Trains. The Indian Railways has projected a requirement of 1.8 Lac MT per annum of this high-grade 60E1 1175 Heat Treated (HT) Rails. It has embarked upon upgrading the Indian railway track system to carry 25MT axle load and up to 200 km/hour speed. V R Sharma, MD of Jindal Steel, informed that prior to this, all specialty rails were imported in the country, JSPL is committed for manufacturing of specialty rails to fulfil requirements of Indian Railways and metro rail corporations hence making India Atmanirbhar in procuring rails locally for different applications. These rails will be used in the dedicated freight corridors and high axle load application including bullet trains. The Research Designs and Standards Organization (RDSO) has approved the newly developed 60E1 1175 Heat Treated (HT) Rails of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and is a superior grade to 1080 HH.