Saidpur railway workshop

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Saidpur railway workshop
Native name
সৈয়দপুর রেলওয়ে কারখানা
IndustryRailway
Founded1870; 155 years ago (1870)
HeadquartersSaidpur, ,
ServicesMaintenance, repair and operations
OwnerBangladesh Railway
Number of employees
2825
A preserved broad-gauge steam locomotive

Saidpur railway workshop is a railway workshop in Bangladesh situated at Saidpur, Nilphamari District and operated by Bangladesh Railway.[1] It is one of the two railway workshops in Bangladesh (the other being Pahartali railway workshop in Chittagong) where maintenance and repair of railway coaches and wagons are done. It is also the largest railway workshop of the country.[2]

  1. "SAIDPUR RAILWAY WORKSHOP". Nilphamari.info. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "On the track of history: Century-old locomotives in Saidpur". The Daily Star. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)