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{{Infobox railway depot
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi
| name = Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi
| image = File:JHS WAG5 24050.jpg
| image = File:JHS WAG-5.jpg
| image_upright = 1.5
| image_upright = 1.5
| image_width =  
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| image_alt =  
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| caption = Jhansi based WAG-5 twins with a freight train
| caption = Jhansi based WAG-5HB at Itarsi trip shed
| location = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| location = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = {{flag|India}}
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'''Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]] of the [[North Central Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in the [[North Central Railway zone]] the other being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Kanpur|Kanpur]] (CNB).
'''Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]] of the [[North Central Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in the [[North Central Railway zone]] the other being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Kanpur|Kanpur]] (CNB).
==History==
==History==
After Central Railway (former, now under North Central Railway) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958|access-date=2020-04-29|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Jhansi was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Electric loco shed location|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
After Central Railway (former, now under North Central Railway) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958|access-date=2020-04-29|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Jhansi was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Electric loco shed location|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>
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! SN!! Locomotives !! HP !! Quantity !! Image
! SN!! Locomotives !! HP !! Quantity !! Image
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| 1 || WAP-4 || 5050 || 38 || [[File:JHS WAP-4.jpg|frameless]]
| 1 || WAP-4 || 5050 || 38 ||  
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| 2 || WAG-5 || 3850 || 117 || [[File:JHS WAG5 24050.jpg|frameless]]
| 2 || WAG-5 || 3850 || 117 ||  
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| 3 || WAG-7 || 5500 || 87 || [[File:JHS WAG7 NCR.jpg|frameless]]
| 3 || WAG-7 || 5500 || 87 ||  
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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> || 242
| 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> || 242
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