Eastern Railway

Government-Relations-Services

Indian Railways Rail Transportation Passenger Rail Freight Services Railway Infrastructure Rolling Stock Maintenance Government Relations periodic overhauling of diesel locomotives Eastern Railway has one Mechanical Signal Workshop situated on the west bank of river Hooghly at Howrah. It manufactures & repairs mechanical signalling gears & electrical & electro-mechanical signalling instruments which are supplied to all the zonal railways on IR. Services Coaching Services Eastern Railway provides long distance passenger traffic service in the form of several prestigious Mail/Express trains. The Rajdhani Express was introduced for the first time on Indian Railways between Howrah & New Delhi over Eastern & Northern Railways in 1969. The honour of running the fastest long-distance train of Indian Railways has again gone to Eastern Railway with the introduction of Duronto Express trains. The first Duronto Express on Indian Railways ran from Sealdah to New Delhi on 18-09-2009. On the suburban front this Railway has three major Workshops situated at Liluah the Jamalpur Workshop along with the entire railway colony was destroyed by an earth-quake. It took 3 years to rebuild it from scratch. Jamalpur workshop undertakes manufacturing & repairing of various types of wagons tower-wagons & whiting jacks. Mechanical Signal Workshop Howrah & Sealdah divisions of Eastern Railway are catering to the needs of the Greater Kolkata suburban passengers. Most of the suburban routes are electrified & more than 1300 EMUs/MEMUs are run everyday making ER the second largest suburban network on Indian Railways. Asansol & Malda wooden bodied carriage & wagons. The management of this workshop was taken over by the state on 1st July KanchraparaJamalpur. Liluah Workshop To meet up the requirement of rolling stock of railways this workshop has now undertaken the work of repairs & periodic overhaul of Electric locomotives & Electric Multiple Units (EMU). Jamalpur Workshop The Locomotive Engineering Workshop at Jamalpur (as it was originally known) was established 150 years ago on the 8th of February Units & Branches Apart from four open line divisions i.e Sealdah Howrah Apart from the above 140 ton cranes 1864. With the introduction of electric traction Howrah the Carriage & Wagon Workshop at Liluah was set up in 1900. The workshop was primarily assigned the task of manufacturing passenger coaches & freight wagons as well as their periodic overhaul. The coach manufacturing was undertaken up to 1972 & about 3000 coaches were produced. Wagon manufacturing was discontinued after 1947. Liluah is currently undertaking periodic overhauling (POH) of various types of coaches & freight wagons. It has become the largest coaching POH workshop in the country. With an effluent treatment plant the workshop has been certified with ISO 9002. Kanchrapara Workshop Kanchrapara workshop was set up in 1863 by the then Eastern Bengal Railway as a combined workshop for repairs to steam locomotives 1862. It enjoys the distinction of being the largest & the oldest locomotive repair workshop with the most diversified manufacturing activities within the Indian Railways. On 15th January 1935