Chittaranjan Locomotive Works

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
FormerlyLoco Building Works
Company typeElectric locomotive production unit
IndustryElectric locomotive
Founded26 January 1950; 74 years ago (1950-01-26)
HeadquartersChittaranjan, Asansol, West Bengal, India
ProductsWAP-5
WAP-7
WAG-9
OwnerIndian Railways
Websiteclw.indianrailways.gov.in

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]

  1. ^ "Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is now world's biggest locomotive producer". The Statesman. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.