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Braithwaite & Co.

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Indian public sector engineering company

Braithwaite and Co. Limited

Company type	Public sector undertaking
Industry	Heavy equipment Structural steel Rail wagon Foundry products Machinery
Founded	1913; 112 years ago (1913) inCalcutta,Bengal Presidency,British India (as a subsidiary of Braithwaite & Co. Engineers Limited (U.K.)) 28 February 1930; 95 years ago (1930-02-28) (as Braithwaite & Co (India) Ltd)
Headquarters	Kolkata,West Bengal , India
Key people	Ashwini Vaishnaw (Minister of Railways) Md. Asad Alam (Chairman & Managing Director)^[1]
Revenue	₹1,103.91 crore (US$130 million) (2024)^[2]
Net income	₹16.47 crore (US$1.9 million) (2024)^[2]
Owner	Ministry of Railways,Government of India
Parent	Indian Railways
Website	www.braithwaiteindia.com

Braithwaite & Co. Limited is an Indianpublic sector undertaking which is engaged in the manufacture ofrailway wagons,cranes and other engineering services. It is wholly owned by theGovernment of India and under the administrative control of theMinistry of Railways. Its headquarters are located atKolkata,West Bengal.

Financials

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The company reported total income of Rs.1103.92 crores during the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024 as compared to Rs.1044.76 crores during the Financial Year ended March 31, 2023.

There was a net profit of Rs.16.47 crores reported for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024 as against net profit of Rs.49.73 crores for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2023.^[2]

History

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The company was established in 1913 as the Indian Subsidiary of Braithwaite & Co. Engineers Limited (U.K.), for the fabrication of structural steel works.
In 1930, it was incorporated asBraithwaite & Co (India) Ltd at Calcutta.
In 1960, Braithwaite's Angus Works located atChampdani was set up to manufacture cranes, foundry products, machinery components, etc.
In 1976, the company was nationalized and taken over byGovernment of India
In 1978, the Project Division was established at Calcutta to execute turnkey projects for material handling plants.
IN 1986, the company was one of five government undertakings, all of them related to heavy engineering and located in eastern India, which was placed under the umbrella of Bharat Heavy Udyam Ltd, a newly devised holding company
In 1987, the Victoria Works was taken over, which is equipped with all facilities for the manufacture of pressure vessels, railway wagons, and heavy structurals for bridges and other engineering applications.
In August 2010, the administrative control of the company was taken over by theMinistry of Railways.

Manufacturing units

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The company has three units – Clive Works, Victoria Works both in Calcutta, and Angus Works inHooghly District, West Bengal. From 2010 the administrative control of thesubsidiary has been taken over by theIndian Railways.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Miniratna category-I status

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Braithwaite & Co, under theUPA Government in 2010 got enlisted for disinvestment, since the engineering firm made a turnaround with a manifold increase in annual turnover and profits for three consecutive years, in January 2022 it received recognition as a Mini Ratna-I public sector undertaking.^[6]

Present status

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In 1986, Braithwaite & Co., Ltd. came under the umbrella ofBharat Bhari Udyog Nigam, which becameholding company of five companies in eastern India,^[3] namely:

Bharat Wagon and Engineering
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Braithwate & Co. Ltd,
Burn Standard Company
Jessop & Co. Ltd (this company was later privatized)

With effect from 2010, the management of Braithwaite & Co. Limited has been transferred from the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.^[7] Today Braithwaite is an engineering conglomerate that manufactures:

Railway wagons & bogies
Heavy-duty cranes
Structurals
Jute mill machinery and
Forging & casting jobs.^[3]^[4]

References

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^"Md. Asad Alam-Chairman and Managing Director". Retrieved9 June 2025."BRAITHWAITE". Retrieved9 June 2025.
^^a ^b ^c"Braithwaite and Co Limited - Acuité Ratings & Research Limited"(PDF).www.acuite.in. Retrieved30 August 2024.
^^a ^b ^c"Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited". Archived fromthe original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved2011-12-19.
^^a ^b"Braithwaite and Company Limited - Kolkata - Railway Components manufacturers and suppliers". Archived fromthe original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved2011-12-19.
^"Yatish Kumar appointed as Chairman, MD of Braithwaite".The Economic Times.Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved18 July 2020.
^NYOOOZ."Mini Ratna-I status for Braithwaite & Co | Kolkata NYOOOZ".NYOOOZ.Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved12 January 2022.
^"Home".bbunl.com.Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved19 December 2011.

External links

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Braithwaite

Indian Railways

Authority

Related
organisations

Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops (COFMOW)
Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE)
Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
Commission of Railway Safety (CRS)
Container Corporation of India (CCI)
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)
High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRI)
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)
Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC)
Ircon International (IRCON)
Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC)
Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC)
National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)
Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC)
Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES)
Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA)
Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL)
RailTel
Railway Protection Force (RPF)
Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB)
Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)
Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO)

Zones

Rolling stock

Coaching Stock	ICF coach LHB coach Tejas coach
Trainsets	Amrit Bharat Namo Bharat Rapid Rail Multiple units Shinkansen Vande Bharat Vande Bharat Sleeper
Locomotives Wagon Numbering

DEMU/DMU	Bangalore Budgam Gondia Jalandhar Jamalpur Motibagh Maula Ali Shakurbasti Vijayawada
EMU	Avadi Bandel Barasat Ghaziabad Howrah Kalwa Kandivali Kharagpur Kurla Maula Ali Mumbai Central Narkeldanga Panskura Ranaghat Saharanpur Sanpada Sonarpur Tambaram Tikiapara Velachery Virar
MEMU	Asansol Bhilai Kanpur Kollam Palakkad Rajahmundry Vadodara
Kolkata Metro	Noapara Tollygunge New Garia Central Park Joka

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai Howrah–Chennai Howrah–Delhi Howrah–Gaya–Delhi Mumbai–Chennai New Delhi–Chennai New Delhi–Mumbai
High-speed	Mumbai–Ahmedabad (Under construction)
Suburban	Chennai MRTS Chennai Suburban Delhi Suburban Pune Suburban Hyderabad MMTS Kolkata Suburban Mumbai Suburban
Mountain	Darjeeling Kalka-Shimla Nilgiri

Passenger
trains

Semi-High speed	Amrit Bharat Express Duronto Express Gatimaan Express Tejas Express Rajdhani Express Shatabdi Express Vande Bharat Express
Premium	AC Express AC Double Decker Express Humsafar Express Uday Express
Express	Antyodaya Express Garib Rath Express Intercity Express Jan Sadharan Express Jan Shatabdi Express Mahamana Express Sampark Kranti Express Suvidha Express Rajya Rani Express Vivek Express Yuva Express
Luxury	Deccan Odyssey Fairy Queen Golden Chariot Mahaparinirvan Express Maharajas' Express Palace on Wheels Ramayana Express Royal Orient Royal Rajasthan on Wheels Village on Wheels
Special	Lifeline Express Red Ribbon Express Science Express
Others	Passenger trains Namo Bharat Rapid Rail

Stations

Major

Chennai	Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram
Delhi	Delhi Jn. Hazrat Nizamuddin New Delhi
Kolkata	Howrah Howrah South Sealdah
Mumbai	Dadar Kalyan Jn. Mumbai Central Mumbai CSMT Mumbai LTT Panvel Thane
Others	Ahmedabad Jn. Gorakhpur Jn. KSR Bengaluru Patna Jn. Pune Jn. Secunderabad Jn. Surat Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Others

Training
institutes

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN)
Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (IRICEE)
Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE)
Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET)
Indian Railways Track Machine Training Centre (IRTMTC)
National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR)
National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI)
Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy (JRRPFA)

Trade unions

All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF)
All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)
Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union (KRCEU)

Category

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Jogbani–Katihar line Mansi–Saharsa line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Saharsa–Purnia line Saharsa–Forbesganj line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Howrah Line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

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Financials

History

Manufacturing units

Miniratna category-I status

Present status

See also

References

External links