Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam
Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam (Code:ERSX) is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for diesel locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Ernakulam Junction (ERS) of the Southern Railway zone in the city of Kochi, Kerala. It is one of the four diesel loco sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at Tondiarpet (TNP) at Chennai, Erode (ED) and Golden Rock (GOC) at Trichy and the only locomotive shed in Kerala and the southernmost loco shed in India. Although it is in Kerala, its locomotives were mainly used mostly in Goa and Maharashtra, and very rarely near the shed for passenger trains.
ERS based WDM-3A twins hauling Okha - Ernakulam Express. | |
Location within Kerala | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Karshaka Road, Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Coordinates | 9.9733°N 76.2910°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Southern Railway zone |
| Depot code | ERSX |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3A WDG-3A WDM3D WAG5 WDG4 |
| Routes served | Southern Railway and others |
| History | |
| Opened | 1981 |
| Former rolling stock | WDM-2 WDS-6 WDM-7 WAP-1 WDP-4D |
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