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Being one of the three electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 50 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 120 engine units including 60 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], 54 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]], 6 [[Indian locomotive class WDG-4|WDG-4]] and [[Indian locomotive class WDS-6|WDS-6]] units.<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, Santragachi is now housing a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] 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 amgul|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, SRC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at SRC but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Santragachi ELS along with Tatanagar ELS were the regular links for all trains running through West Bengal and Jharkhand when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Eastern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like [[Aranyak Express]], [[Coromandel Express]], [[Rupasi Bangla Express]] and many more. | |||
==Livery and Markings== | ==Livery and Markings== | ||
==Locomotives== | ==Locomotives== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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  Location within West Bengal | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Santragachhi, West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates | 22°35′N 88°16′E / 22.583°N 88.267°ECoordinates: 22°35′N 88°16′E / 22.583°N 88.267°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | South Eastern Railways |
| Depot code | SRC |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WAP-7 WAP-4 WDG-4 WDS-6 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1999 |
Electric Loco Shed, Santragachi is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Santragachhi of the South Eastern Railway zone in West Bengal, India. It is one of the five electric loco sheds in SER others being at Bondamunda (BNDM), Bokaro Steel City (BKSC), Rourkela (ROU) and Tatanagar (TATA).
History
After South Eastern 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.[1] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from West Bengal and Jharkhand to rest of India the Santragachi was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[2]
In the late 1999 the SRC ELS started its operations with 6 WAP-4. The new locomotive class WAP-7 were introduced on 13 November 2017.[3]
Operations
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 50 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 120 engine units including 60 WAP-4, 54 WAP-7, 6 WDG-4 and WDS-6 units.[4] Electric loco Shed, Santragachi is now housing a large fleet of WAP-4 in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.[5][6]
Like all locomotive sheds, SRC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at SRC but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Santragachi ELS along with Tatanagar ELS were the regular links for all trains running through West Bengal and Jharkhand when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Eastern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like Aranyak Express, Coromandel Express, Rupasi Bangla Express and many more.
Livery and Markings
Locomotives
References
- ↑ "Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list" (PDF).
- ↑ "Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "fleets under sheds". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of Locos in amgul". Retrieved 23 November 2016.