Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana: Difference between revisions

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

==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 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cn|date=June 2021}}