Ponmalai shed gets ready to overhaul electric locomotives by 2024-end

TIRUCHY: With Indian Railway deciding to convert its entire fleet of diesel locomotives to electric ones, work is under way to upgrade Southern Railway’s maintenance shed at Ponmalai at a cost of about Rs 13.5 crore. The upgrade of the maintenance shed, which currently handles diesel locomotives, into a facility that can handle the overhaul of about 100 electric train engines will be carried out in three phases and be completed by 2024, officials said.