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Last edited August 5, 2023


Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan
Location
LocationKalyan, Maharashtra
Coordinates19°14′06″N 73°08′15″E / 19.234885°N 73.137448°E / 19.234885; 73.137448
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorCentral Railway zone
Depot codeKYN
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockWDM-3D
WDG-3A
WDP-3A
WDG-4D
WDP-4D
History
Opened1987; 39 years ago (1987)
Former rolling stockWDM-2

Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan is an engine shed located in Kalyan, Maharashtra in India. Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan does regular maintenance of Diesel locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the most premier shed of the Indian Railways. It is one of the three loco sheds in Central Railway zone followed by Pune and Kurla. It comes under the Mumbai CR railway division.

Operations

Being one of the Diesel sheds in Central Railway zone, various major and minor maintenance including washing and painting of locomotives are carried out here. KYN diesel shed has also achieved a distinction of being one of very few diesel loco sheds where 100% population of locomotives are fitted microprocessor control system. It has a regular link of diesel locomotives in Konkan railway zone and in the unelectrified sections of the Southern railway zone.

History