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Electric Loco Shed, Vijayawada
	BZA based WAP-7 roaming light at Mysuru Jn.
	Location within Andhra Pradesh
Location
Location	Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates	16°31′06″N 80°37′10″E / 16.5184°N 80.6195°ECoordinates: 16°31′06″N 80°37′10″E / 16.5184°N 80.6195°E
Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	South Central Railways
Depot code	BZA
Type	Engine shed
Roads	7
Rolling stock	WAP-4 ; WAP-7 ; WAG-5 ; WAG-7 ; WAG-9
History
Opened	1980; 45 years ago
Former rolling stock	WAM-4

Revision as of 15:26, 8 June 2022

Electric Loco Shed, Vijayawada is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Vijayawada of the South Central Railway zone in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the South Central Railway zone the others being at Lallaguda (LGD) and Kazipet (KZJ).

History

After South 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.^[1] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Andhra Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of electrification of the Vijayawada-Chennai line, the Vijayawada was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.^[2]

Operations

Livery and Markings

Locomotives

SN	Type of Loco	HP	Holding	Images
1.	WAP-4	5350	63	File:BZA WAP-4.jpg
2.	WAP-7	6350	28
3.	WAG-5	3850	43	File:BZA WAG-5.jpg
4.	WAG-7	5350	71	File:BZA WAG-7.jpg
5.	WAG-9	6120	41	File:WAG9HC 33173.jpg
Total locomotives active as of June 2022^[3]			246

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.
↑ "e-Locos".

[1] "Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[2] "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[3] "e-Locos".

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 '''Electric Loco Shed, Vijayawada''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Vijayawada]] of the [[South Central Railway zone]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the South Central Railway zone the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda|Lallaguda]] (LGD) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet|Kazipet]] (KZJ).
 ==History==
+After South 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}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from  Andhra Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of electrification of the Vijayawada-Chennai line, the Vijayawada 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>
 ==Operations==
 ==Livery and Markings==