Location | |
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Location | Howrah, West Bengal |
Coordinates | 22°36′17″N 88°20′07″E / 22.604813°N 88.335240°E |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Indian Railways |
Operator | Eastern Railway zone |
Depot code | HWH |
Type | Engine shed |
Roads | 6 |
Rolling stock | WAP-4 WAP-5 WAP-7 |
History | |
Opened | 2001 |
Former rolling stock | WAP-1 WAM-4 |
Electric Loco Shed, Howrah is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Howrah of the Eastern Railway zone in West Bengal, India. It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the Eastern Railway, the others being at Asansol (ASN). As of 1 July 2020[update] there are 150 locomotives in the shed.[1]