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Formerly | Loco Building Works |
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Company type | Electric locomotive production unit |
Industry | Electric locomotive |
Founded | 26 January 1950 |
Headquarters | Chittaranjan, Asansol, West Bengal, India |
Products | WAP-5 WAP-7 WAG-9 |
Owner | Indian Railways |
Website | clw |
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of West Bengal, with an ancillary unit in Dankuni. The main unit is 32 km from Asansol’s City Bus Terminus and 237 km from Kolkata. CLW has stores and offices in Kolkata, as well as inspection cells in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bangalore. It is the largest locomotive manufacturer unit in the world, producing 431 locomotives in 2019–20.[1]