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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for ~~[[Electric locomotive\|~~electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ghaziabad Junction railway station\|Ghaziabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Northern Railway, the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana\|Ludhiana]] (LDH) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).		'''Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ghaziabad Junction railway station\|Ghaziabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Northern Railway, the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana\|Ludhiana]] (LDH) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).

	== History ==		== History ==

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Operations

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	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units, including 90 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] and 19 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]]. It also housed a WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf\|access-date=2016-11-23\|page=1}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Ghaziabad\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units, including 90 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] and 19 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]]. It also housed a WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf\|access-date=2016-11-23\|page=1}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Ghaziabad\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>

	Like all locomotive sheds, GZB does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Mumbai Rajdhani Express\|Mumbai Rajdhani]] Express. GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.		Like all locomotive sheds, GZB does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Mumbai Rajdhani Express\|Mumbai Rajdhani]] express, [[Habibganj–New Delhi Shatabdi Express\|Bhopal Shatabdi Express]] and [[Gatimaan Express]] which are the two fastest trains in India. GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.

	== Livery and markings ==		== Livery and markings ==

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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[Electric locomotive\|electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ghaziabad Junction railway station\|Ghaziabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is one of the ~~two~~ electric locomotive sheds of the Northern Railway, the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana\|Ludhiana]] (LDH) .		'''Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[Electric locomotive\|electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ghaziabad Junction railway station\|Ghaziabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Northern Railway, the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana\|Ludhiana]] (LDH) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).

	== History ==		== History ==

Ajendra69 at 17:38, 27 May 2022

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	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~April~~ 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of May 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
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	New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 1976s with [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] which stayed until late 2009, when they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] locos, but later these were then moved to Ludhiana. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1\|WAP-1]] locos from Arakkonam and Mughalsarai shed were transferred here for hauling rajdhani expresses. The brand new from ABB were directly allocated to ghaziabad after arrival in india. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2000s. The shed also held a single WAM-4 units which is earmarked for presevation.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>		New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 1976s with [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] which stayed until late 2009, when they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] locos, but later these were then moved to Ludhiana. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1\|WAP-1]] locos from Arakkonam and Mughalsarai shed were transferred here for hauling rajdhani expresses. The brand new from ABB were directly allocated to ghaziabad after arrival in india. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2000s. The shed also held a single WAM-4 units which is earmarked for presevation.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>
	== Operations ==		== Operations ==
	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units, including 90 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] and 19 [[WAP-7]]. It also housed a WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf\|access-date=2016-11-23\|page=1}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Ghaziabad\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units, including 90 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] and 19 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]]. It also housed a WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf\|access-date=2016-11-23\|page=1}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Ghaziabad\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>

	Like all locomotive sheds, GZB does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Mumbai Rajdhani Express\|Mumbai Rajdhani]] Express. GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.		Like all locomotive sheds, GZB does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Mumbai Rajdhani Express\|Mumbai Rajdhani]] Express. GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.

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	\| location = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| location = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
	\| owner = [[Indian Railways]]		\| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
	\| operator = [[Northern ~~Railways~~ zone]]		\| operator = [[Northern Railway zone]]
	\| depotcode = GZB		\| depotcode = GZB
	\| type = [[Engine shed]]		\| type = [[Engine shed]]

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	\| location = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| location = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
	\| owner = [[Indian Railways]]		\| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
	\| operator = [[Northern Railways]]		\| operator = [[Northern Railways zone]]
	\| depotcode = GZB		\| depotcode = GZB
	\| type = [[Engine shed]]		\| type = [[Engine shed]]
	\| roads = 6		\| roads = 6
	\| rollingstock = [[WAM-4]] <br> [[WAP-5]] <br> [[WAP-7]]		\| rollingstock = [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5\|WAP-5]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]]
	\| routes = <!-- routes operated from the depot -->		\| routes = <!-- routes operated from the depot -->
	\| opened = {{Start date and age\|1976\|\|\|df=y}}		\| opened = {{Start date and age\|1976\|\|\|df=y}}
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	\| former_rolling_stock = [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1\|WAP-1]] <br> [[WAP-4]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]]		\| former_rolling_stock = [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1\|WAP-1]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4\|WAP-4]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]]
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	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~June 2021~~'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of April 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
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