Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam

Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam
Location
LocationArakkonam, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates13°04′55″N 79°40′06″E / 13.08191°N 79.66845°E / 13.08191; 79.66845
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouthern Railway zone
Depot codeAJJ
TypeEngine shed
Roads6
Rolling stockWAP-4
WAG-5
WAG-9
History
Opened1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Former rolling stockWAP-1
WAG-7
WAM-4

Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Arrakkonam on the Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section of the Southern Railway zone in Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at Erode (ED) and Royapuram (RPM) and is the oldest in south India.

Route haul map of Arakkonam Electric Loco shed