Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam
Arakkonam based WAP-4 in Tricolour livery at Perambur. | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates | 13°04′55″N 79°40′06″E / 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 |
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 MGR Chennai Central – KSR Bengaluru 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.