Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut
Main gate of C.R.W Harnaut
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| GS & WGSCN Coach | |
| Industry | Indian Railway |
| Founded | 30 June 2003 laid by Dr.A.P.J Abdul kalam |
| Headquarters | Administrative Building, NH 30A, Harnaut, India |
| Services | Passenger Coach |
| Owner | East Indian Railway |
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Number of employees
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≈ 2000 |
| Divisions | Danapur Division |
East Central Railway is one of the biggest zones of the Indian Railways, comprising five divisions – Danapur, Mughalsarai, Dhanbad, Sonepur and Samastipur. As per the rules, each coach needs repair after 18 months of running. So, Railway factory under ECR is being set up east of Harnaut Railway Station by the Indian Railways. Foundation stone wad laid by then President of India, Honourable A.P.J Abdul Kalam, along with Railway Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar.
East Central Railway had no carriage repair workshop and was totally dependent on ER and NER. In order to be self-reliant and improve efficiency, workshop for overhauling of 50 coaches per month has been set up at Harnaut on Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya line of Danapur division of East Central Railway.
President APJ Abdul Kalam had laid the foundation stone for the workshop at Harnaut on 30 June 2003, during Nitish Kumar's tenure as railway minister.
The coach factory will have manpower strength of 1,200, including officers and technical staff.The Harnaut workshop is being developed on about 115 acres of land - workshop on 78 acres and staff quarters on 37 acres.
Constructed at an expenditure of Rs. 328 crore, it has altogether 18 modern repair workshops. This will be one of the most advanced coach factories in the country with the 'double stacked coach maintenance technology' to carry out periodical overhauling of coaches.The workshop is headed by the Chief Workshop manager. There are five departments dealing with various activities such as Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Management, Finance & Accounts, HRD, Audit & Security. It has a total employee strength of approx 5,000.
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