Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam
Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Arrakkonam on the Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section of the Southern Railway zone in Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at Erode (ED) and Royapuram (RPM) and is the oldest in south India.
Arakkonam based WAP-4 in Tricolour livery at Perambur. | |
Location within Tamil Nadu | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates | 13.08191°N 79.66845°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Southern Railway zone |
| Depot code | AJJ |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Roads | 6 |
| Rolling stock | WAP-4 WAG-5 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Former rolling stock | WAP-1 WAG-7 WAM-4 |
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