Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi: Difference between revisions

'''Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s 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).

Being one of the electric engine sheds in North Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 242 engine units, including 38 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], 117 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]] and 87 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]]. Like all locomotive sheds, JHS does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>