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{{Infobox railway depot
{{Infobox railway depot
| name                = Electric Loco Shed, Howrah
| name                = Electric Loco Shed, Howrah
| image                = Howrah WAP7.jpg
| image                = HWH WAG5 OJAS.jpg
| image_upright        = 1.5
| image_upright        = 1.5
| image_width          =  
| image_width          =  
| image_alt            = The shed is located near Howrah railway station.
| image_alt            = The shed is located near Howrah railway station.
| caption              = HWH based WAP-7 hauling Shahid Express
| caption              = HWH based WAG-5 converted to dual mode shunting loco named "OJAS".
| location            = [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]]
| location            = [[Howrah]], [[West Bengal]]
| coordinates          = {{coord|22.604813|88.335240|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates          = {{coord|22.604813|88.335240|display=inline,title}}
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[[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|thumb|250px|Route haul map of HWH ELS locomotives]]
[[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|thumb|250px|Route haul map of HWH ELS locomotives]]


'''Electric Loco Shed, Howrah''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Howrah]] of the [[Eastern Railway zone]] in [[West Bengal]], India. It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the Eastern Railway, the others being at [[Asansol Junction railway station|Asansol]] (ASN). {{As of|2020|July|1}} there are 150 locomotives in the shed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
'''Electric Loco Shed, Howrah''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Howrah]] of the [[Eastern Railway zone]] in [[West Bengal]], India. It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the Eastern Railway, the others being at [[Asansol Junction railway station | Asansol]] (ASN). {{As of|2020|July|1}} there are 150 locomotives in the shed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Howrah until the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=scan0189.jpg|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html|publisher=IRFCA|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After Eastern 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 was 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|website=INDIAN CULTURE|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Kolkata to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Howrah 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>
Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Howrah until the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=scan0189.jpg|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After Eastern 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 was 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|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Kolkata to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Howrah 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>


New electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001s with [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]] from Ghaziabad which stayed until late 2005, when they were transferred back to Ghaziabad again. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] locos, but later some of these were then moved to Asansol. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-6|WAP-6]] locos from Asansol shed converted to WAP-4 units and transferred here. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2011. In October 2019, Howrah ELS got its first WAP-5 locomotive from Vadodara.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>
New electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001s with [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]] from Ghaziabad which stayed until late 2005, when they were transferred back to Ghaziabad again. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] locos, but later some of these were then moved to Asansol. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-6|WAP-6]] locos from Asansol shed converted to WAP-4 units and transferred here. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2011. In October 2019, Howrah ELS got its first WAP-5 locomotive from Varodarra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>
[[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|alt=|thumb|401x401px|Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed]]
[[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|alt=|thumb|401x401px|Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed]]
The shed also held a few WAM-4 units. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service.
The shed also held a few WAM-4 units. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service.
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!SN
!SN
!Type of loco
!Type of Loco
!HP
!HP
!Holding
!Holding
!Comments
!Images
!Images
|-
|-
|1.
|1.
|[[WAP-4]]
|[[WAP 4]]
|5350
|5350
|48
|73
| In service
|[[File:HWH WAP4.jpg|border|frameless]]
|[[File:HWH WAP4.jpg|border|frameless]]
|-
|-
|2.
|2.
|[[WAP-5]]
|[[WAP-5]]
|6120
|5440
|34
|30
|In service
|[[File:Howrah WAP5.jpg|frameless]]
|[[File:Howrah WAP5.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|-
|3.
|3.
|[[WAP-7]]
|[[WAP-7]]
|6350
|6122
|89
|86
|[[File:HWH WAP7 39095.jpg|frameless]]
| In service
|[[File:Howrah WAP7.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total locomotives active as of April 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>||171
| colspan="3" |'''Total locomotives active as of June 2021'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>||189
|}
|}


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