Private company
Burn Standard Company
Indian railway wagon manufacturing company
Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL) is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India. Headquartered in Howrah, India, BSCL is engaged mainly in railway wagon manufacturing under the Ministry of Railways. On 4 April 2018, the Cabinet approved closure of loss making Burn Standard Company Limited.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL) is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India. Headquartered in Howrah, India, BSCL is engaged mainly in railway wagon manufacturing under the Ministry of Railways. On 4 April 2018, the Cabinet approved closure of loss making Burn Standard Company Limited. The company was formed with the merger of two companies – Burn & Company (founded 1781) and Indian Standard Wagon (founded 1918), and was nationalised in 1975. In fiscal 2006, the company reported aggregated revenues of ₹1,373 million (US$14 million). Subsequently, the company with its two engineering units at Howrah and Burnpur came under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways in September 2010. The refractory unit at Salem, Tamil Nadu, was transferred to Steel Authority of India Limited.2
Products and brands
Railway wagons: tanker, hopper, flat
Casnub bogies
Couplers and Draft Gears
Steel Castings, Pressings, Forgings
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Bridge Girders, Structurals, Sleepers, Points and Crossings, Wagon Components
Wagon refurbishment
Burn Standard India renovated SLC Type for the CLC system in Kolkata in 1980s.
Ash/coal plant construction
In the mid-1980s, Burn Standard had started an offshore construction unit at Jellingham, East Midnapore, West Bengal. The products were decks, helidecks, and jackets for Bombay High.
From Wikipedia’s article on Burn Standard Company Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1976Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaBurn Standard Company Limited
- WikidataQ4999538
Sources
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- 2WikipediaBurn Standard Company on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsBurn Standard Company photo by Tarunsamanta, CC BY-SA 4.0