Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram

Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram
Location
LocationRoyapuram, Chennai, India
Coordinates13°06′15″N 80°17′37″E / 13.10403°N 80.29366°E / 13.10403; 80.29366
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouthern Railway zone
Depot codeRPM
TypeEngine shed
Roads6
Rolling stockWAP-7
History
Opened2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Former rolling stockWAP-1
WAP-4

Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Royapuram on the Chennai BeachKatpadi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network in Chennai, India. It is located in the Southern Railway zone and it is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at Erode (ED) and Arakkonam (AJJ) and is the newest in south India.