Kanchrapara Railway Workshop

22°56′17″N 88°26′38″E / 22.938°N 88.444°E / 22.938; 88.444

Kanchrapara Railway Workshop

Type	Government Sector
Industry	Rail Transport
Founded	1863; 160 years ago (1863)
Headquarters	Kanchrapara, West Bengal, India
Key people	Surendra Kumar (CWM, IRSEE, July 2019-present)^[1] Pramod Gupta(July 2018- July 2019) Manoj Mahajan (July 2015-July 2018)
Operating income	₹853.5 crore (US$110 million)
Number of employees	7503 (January 2019)
Parent	Indian Railways
Website	Kanchrapara_Workshop

The Kanchrapara Railway Workshop is one of the major workshops of Indian Railways, and is located in the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is divided into two complexes — Loco Complex and Carriage Complex. It caters to the major overhauling of a large product mix of IR, including locomotives (WAP7, WAP4, WAG9, WAG7, WAG5, WAM4), ICF Coaches, EMUs, MEMUs, DEMUs, Tower Cars, etc.^[2] Its mention can be found in Satyajit Ray's short story "Patol Babu Superstar", which was also included in the Class 10 English Communicative Curriculum of the CBSE.

History

Kanchrapara Railway Workshop was established in 1863.^[3] Initial activities included the periodic overhauling of steam locomotives, wooden body Carriage and Wagons. The workshop also carried out overhauling and repair of aircraft during world war as well as manufacture of armoured cars and hand-grenade shells. This workshop also had the privilege of turning out the first electric locomotive after Periodic Overhauling (POH) in 1965 and the first Electric Multiple Unit motor coach was turned out after POH in the very same year.

Organizational structure

The workshop is headed by an SAG grade officer designated as Chief Workshop Manager.

Loco Complex

This is first complex which was established as part of workshop. Being used for overhauling of locomotives, it was named loco complex. Active shops :

 

22530_WAP4_HWH after POH+RC+RP on 16-02-2019

• Wheel Shop (Shop 2A) : It carries out rediscing/overhauling of wheel sets of electric locomotives and EMUs.
• Heavy Corrosion Repair Shop
• Welding Shop (Shop 3)
• Locomotive POH and Erection Shop (Shop 11)
• EMU POH and Erection Shop (Shop 11A)
• Apparatus Overhauling Shop (Shop 9 and 9A)
• Armature Rewinding Shop (Shop 14)
• Bogie Overhauling and Mechanical Repair Shop (Shop 10)
• Crane Maintenance Shop (Shop 6)
• EC Loco Shop (Shop 12).

Stores Depot

It caters to the requirements of workshop as well as loco sheds and EMU carsheds of Eastern Railway. It is headed by a Senior Scale Officer under independent charge.

Carriage Complex

This part was established in 1914.^[4]

Halisahar Stores Depot

It is headed by Deputy Chief Material Manager, an Indian Railway Stores Service officer.

Kanchrapara Railway Hospital

It is headed by Chief Medical Superintendent.

Performance Figures

Product		00-01	01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06	06-07	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11	11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18
Loco	T	69	78	72	77	72	78	78	90	82	71	72	72	78	79	92	98	97	100
	A	74	76	69	72	72	75	76	74	75	72	78	72	75	84	96	104	101	101
EMU	T		744	828	900	936	903	936	960	1080	993	996	1008	1080	1139	1164	1356	1419	1444
	A	690	742	821	839	881	890	917	912	896	1000	993	1008	1073	1207	1328	1472	1393	1407
DEMU	T							30	33	18	15	54	40	76	68	77	99	100	88
	A	6	4	14	2	20	30	30	11	24	17	32	25	56	51	46	86	36	82
ICF	T		444	420	528	540	526	537	513	480	504	480	480	480	480	480	540	540	540
	A	395	424	475	464	514	533	543	507	491	502	480	480	467	473	506	544	541	542
Armature	T		336	336	336	360	408	408	360		492	492	492	478	445	475	520	510	506
	A	331	345	313	393	324	350	350	258	254	272	308	304	330	377	412	426	483	506
Manpower		12423	12159	11782	11490	11220	10933	10649	10255	10121	9760	9610	9255	9139	9522	9219	8828	8372	8128

Supervisors' Training Centre

It is headed by Vice Principal (an Assistant Scale officer). Apart from supervisors, it also imparts training to technicians.

Notable Achievements

 

DMSL

• Dual Mode Shunting Loco.
• 25 kV CUM Battery Operated Shunting Car,
• Self Powered Inspection Car.
• Self Powered Medical Relief Van.

Certifications

1. ISO 9001 in September 2005^[3]
2. ISO 14001 in March, 2018^[3]
3. OHSAS 18001 in March, 2018^[3]
4. ISO 3834 (Welding Quality Assurance)^[3] in Jan 2018.
5. ISO 50001^[3] in June 2018
6. 5-S^[3] on selective shops since December 2017 (Shop 2A,11,17).

Clubs/Welfare Institutes

Railway Officers' Club

 

Railway Officers' Club

It is primarily meant for conferences and railway cultural events. It includes sports facilities like Lawn Tennis (turf), Badminton (wooden court), Billiards, swimming pool, etc. for railway employees only. The halls and open spaces are also open for public booking.Google (8 December 2018). "ROC/KPA" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

Officers' Rest House is a part of it and can be used by any officer of Govt. of India for official/private purpose.

Apart from Railway Officers' Club, various other institute with sports and cultural facilities have been established by railways.

Bell Institute

It includes Football ground, Badminton Court, Cultural hall, etc. It is open for public booking.

Kazi Nazrul Institute

It is used largely for cultural events etc. It is open for public booking.

Khudiram Bose Institute

It includes Football ground and auditorium for cultural events. It is open for public booking.

Establishment of KPA Workshop

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  5S certificate for POH of Electric Locomotives, SHOP 11

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  Electric Loco Testing Shed

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  Wheel Park

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  Officers' Gate (Gate 18, loco complex)

Photopraghs

References

1. "Contacts". Eastern Railway.
2. "Milestones in POH of Rolling Stock". Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
3. "Eastern Railway". www.er.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
4. "HISTORY OF KANCHRAPARA WORKSHOP". Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

External links

• Official Page
• Activities
• Bell Institute