Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City Explained

Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City
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Location:Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand
Owner:Indian Railways
Operator:South Eastern Railways
Depotcode:BKSC
Type:Engine shed
Roads:7
Rollingstock:WAG-9
Former Rolling Stock:WAG-5
WAG-7
Map Type:India Jharkhand
Map Size:250

Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bokaro Steel City of the South Eastern Railway zone in Jharkhand, India.

Operations

Being one of the four electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 100 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 110 engine units, including 66 WAG-7 and 44 WAG-9. Like all locomotive sheds, BKSC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.[1]

Locomotives

SNType of LocoHPHolding
1.WAG-96120214
Total locomotives active as of August 2024[2] 214

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sheds and Workshops. IRFCA. 26 November 2013.
  2. Web site: e-Locos.