Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Ghaziabad until the late 1960s.[1][2] After Northern 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.[3] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Delhi to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Ghaziabad was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[4]
New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 1976s with WAM-4 which stayed until late 2009, when they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of WAG-5 locos, but later these were then moved to Ludhiana. All WAP-1 locos from Arakkonam and Mughalsarai shed were transferred here for hauling rajdhani expresses. The brand new from ABB were directly allocated to ghaziabad after arrival in India. New WAP-7 locos were acquired in 2000s. The shed also held a single WAM-4 units which is earmarked for preservation.[5]
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Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 200 Locos.Expansion work on Progress to 225 Locos.Total 293 Electric locos Holding at GZB ELS,including 137 WAP-5 and 155 WAP-7. It also housed a WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.[6] Electric loco Shed, Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of WAP-5 in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.[7][8]
Like all locomotive sheds, GZB does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the Mumbai Rajdhani Express. GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.
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electric, loco, shed, ghaziabad, motive, power, depot, performing, locomotive, maintenance, repair, facility, electric, locomotives, indian, railways, located, ghaziabad, junction, northern, railway, zone, uttar, pradesh, india, electric, locomotive, sheds, no. Electric Loco Shed Ghaziabad is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways located at Ghaziabad Junction of the Northern Railway zone in Uttar Pradesh India It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the Northern Railway the others being at Ludhiana LDH Electric Loco Shed GhaziabadLocation within Uttar PradeshLocationLocationGhaziabad Uttar PradeshCoordinates28 38 49 N 77 25 57 E 28 646939 N 77 432491 E 28 646939 77 432491 Coordinates 28 38 49 N 77 25 57 E 28 646939 N 77 432491 E 28 646939 77 432491CharacteristicsOwnerIndian RailwaysOperatorNorthern RailwaysDepot codeGZBTypeEngine shedRoads6Rolling stockWAM 4 WAP 5 WAP 7HistoryOpened1976 47 years ago 1976 Former rolling stockWAP 1 WAP 4 WAG 5 Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Locomotives 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditSteam locomotive sheds used to exist at Ghaziabad until the late 1960s 1 2 After Northern 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 3 To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Delhi to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion the Ghaziabad was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed 4 New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 1976s with WAM 4 which stayed until late 2009 when they were transferred to other sheds It later got a large fleet of WAG 5 locos but later these were then moved to Ludhiana All WAP 1 locos from Arakkonam and Mughalsarai shed were transferred here for hauling rajdhani expresses The brand new from ABB were directly allocated to ghaziabad after arrival in India New WAP 7 locos were acquired in 2000s The shed also held a single WAM 4 units which is earmarked for preservation 5 Operations EditBeing one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here It has the sanctioned capacity of 200 Locos Expansion work on Progress to 225 Locos Total 293 Electric locos Holding at GZB ELS including 137 WAP 5 and 155 WAP 7 It also housed a WAM 4 locomotives temporarily 6 Electric loco Shed Ghaziabad is now housing the largest fleet of WAP 5 in Indian Railways and it caters to many long distance electric trains 7 8 Like all locomotive sheds GZB does regular maintenance overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives It not only attends to locomotives housed at GZB but to ones coming in from other sheds as well It has four pit lines for loco repair Locomotives of Ghaziabad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Northern Railways It handled prestigious trains like the Mumbai Rajdhani Express GZB locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well Locomotives EditSN Type of Loco HP Holding1 WAM 4 3640 12 WAP 5 6120 1373 WAP 7 6350 156Total locomotives active as December 2022 9 294References Edit IRFCA Indian Railways FAQ Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s IRFCA Retrieved 13 December 2016 scan0189 jpg IRFCA Retrieved 20 May 2020 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 Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list PDF Indian Railway shed wise engine holdings PDF p 1 Retrieved 23 November 2016 fleets under sheds Retrieved 23 November 2016 List of Locos in Ghaziabad Retrieved 23 November 2016 e Locos External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Electric Loco Shed Ghaziabad Website Particulars maps of Indian Railway Loco Sheds showing the ghaziabad Electric Loco Shed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electric Loco Shed Ghaziabad amp oldid 1129778934, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
