Railways — India
Vande Bharat, Kavach, freight corridors, wagon leasing — a decade-long capex story.
The thesis
Indian Railways is in its largest-ever capex cycle — ₹2.65 lakh cr budgeted for FY26. Listed beneficiaries: (1) rolling stock — Titagarh, Jupiter Wagons, Texmaco — on freight wagon + Vande Bharat, (2) signalling + Kavach — RailTel, HBL Power, Kernex, (3) PSU operators — IRFC (financing), IRCTC (catering + ticketing), CONCOR (logistics), (4) EPC — RVNL, IRCON, KEC — on track-laying + electrification.
Listed constituents
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| Symbol | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TITAGARH | Titagarh Rail Systems | Wagons + Vande Bharat |
| JWL | Jupiter Wagons | Freight wagons + Jupiter Electric Mobility |
| TEXMACORAIL | Texmaco Rail & Engineering | Wagons |
| RVNL | Rail Vikas Nigam | PSU EPC |
| IRCON | IRCON International | PSU EPC |
| IRFC | Indian Railway Finance Corp | Railway financing PSU |
| IRCTC | IRCTC | Catering + ticketing + tourism PSU |
| CONCOR | Container Corp of India | Rail container logistics |
| RAILTEL | RailTel Corp | Telecom + signalling PSU |
| HBLPOWER | HBL Power Systems | Kavach + traction batteries |
| KERNEX | Kernex Microsystems | Kavach systems |
| BEML | BEML | Metro coaches + rolling stock |
Tailwinds
- • ₹2.65 lakh cr railway capex FY26 — 4× FY14 level
- • Vande Bharat rollout + 800+ trains in pipeline
- • Kavach signalling — 6,000+ km target
- • Dedicated freight corridor completion shifting rail freight share up
Risks
- • Most rail names trade 40-80× P/E — any order slippage compresses multiples fast
- • PSU capex-allocation politics — government priority shifts hurt
- • Working-capital-heavy EPC model; margin volatility
- • Small free-float in several names — liquidity risk for large positions
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