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{{Infobox railway depot | {{Infobox railway depot | ||
| name = Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi | | name = Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi | ||
| image = File:JHS | | image = File:JHS WAG-5.jpg | ||
| image_upright = 1.5 | | image_upright = 1.5 | ||
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| image_alt = | | image_alt = | ||
| caption = Jhansi based WAG- | | caption = Jhansi based WAG-5HB at Itarsi trip shed | ||
| location = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] | | location = [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
| country = {{flag|India}} | | country = {{flag|India}} | ||
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'''Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]] of the [[North Central Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in the [[North Central Railway zone]] the other being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Kanpur|Kanpur]] (CNB). | '''Electric Loco Shed, Jhansi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Jhansi district|Jhansi]] of the [[North Central Railway zone]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in the [[North Central Railway zone]] the other being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Kanpur|Kanpur]] (CNB). | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
After Central Railway (former, now under North 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|language=en}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Jhansi 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> | After Central Railway (former, now under North 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|language=en}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Jhansi 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> | ||