The Central Railway Locomotive Workshop, Parel was set up by Great Indian Peninsular Railway as a Steam Loco Shed in 1879. Later repair and overhauling of Steam loco had started, and that had reached peak capacity of 32 Steam locos per month in 1962-63.  With tapering of Steam traction, the Shop was upgraded to take up the work of Repair and Overhauling of Diesel locomotives from 1974-75 onwards.

It is one of the largest and oldest repair Workshops on the Indian Railways with diversified repair/manufacturing activities.  Being located in the heart of Mumbai, it has ready access to road, sea and air transport. The Parel Workshop has the unique distinction of rendering services to the Armed Forces during the World Wars. 

BRIEF HISTORY

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1879

 -  Established as Steam Loco Shop & Shed.

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1974

 -  Repairs of Diesel Locomotives.

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1997

 -  Repairs of 140Tonne Cranes used in Accident Relief.

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2002

 -  ISO-9001:2000, certified to 2008 version in 2010

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2005

 -  Manufacture of Narrow Gauge Loco.

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2006

 -  Manufacture of Broad Gauge Diesel Locomotive Under frame.

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2007

 -  Manufacture of Broad Gauge Diesel Locomotives.

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2007

 -  Mid Life Rehabilitation of Coaches.

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2009

 -  Repair to Coach Bogies

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2010

 -  Supply of Wagon Wheels

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2010

 -  100^th Broad Gauge Diesel loco manufactured

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2010

 -  First Microprocessor based Broad Gauge Diesel Shunting      

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2010

    -  loco for Indian Railways

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 -  Track Cleaning Machine made for Divisions

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

Manufacture & Repair of Broad Gauge Diesel Locos

Manufacture & Repair of Narrow Gauge Diesel Locos

Rehabilitation of Coaches, Conversion of Coaches to carry cars, Conversion of coaches for working in Accident Relief Trains

Repairs of 140T Crane used in Accident Sites of Indian Railways

Feature

 Overall Area

1.90 Lakh Sq.m.(47 Acre)

 Covered Area

81,250 Sq.m.

 Connected Electric Load

13,380 KW

 Avg. Electric Energy Consumption

5.65 lakh KWH p.m.

 Machinery & Plant

518

 Budget

Rs.225.60 cr

 Railway Quarters

365

 Staff

1733

 Officers

11

 IMS certification ISO 9001: 2015; ISO  14001:2015 & 45001:2018

2015

  Achievements of Parel Workshop
 

                HISTORICAL MILESTONES

          ·  1879 - Established as Steam Loco Shop / Shed

             ·   1974 - POH of Diesel Locos

             ·   1997 - POH of 140T Cowan-sheldon Diesel Cranes

             ·   2002 - ISO 9001 Certification

             ·    2005 - Manufacture of NG Locomotive

             ·    2007 - Manufacture of BG Locomotives

             ·    2007 - Mid Life Rehabilitation of Coaches

             ·    2010 - MLR of 140 T Break Down Cranes

             ·      2014 - Bio-Diesel production with in-house built plant

             ·    2015 – IMS Certification

             ·    2015 – Refurbished a sleeper coach into dining carfor Deccan queen express

·    RECENT MILESTONES

              ·    2016 – SS 1 of LHB Coaches

              ·   2016 – Manufacture of 3 NDM1HP Articulated Locos

              ·   2016 – Structural Audit of 140 T DHBD Cranes

              ·   2017 – Fabrication and Retro-fitment of CBC Compatible Head Stock on ICF Coaches

              ·   2017 – POH of SPART

              ·   2017 – Development of Centre of Excellence in Hydraulics

              ·   2018 – ISO:3834-2:2005 Certification

              ·   2018 – 5 S Certification

              ·   2018 – Green Co. Rating by CII

              ·   2018 – POH of 4W Tower Wagons

              ·   2018 – CMT Lab NABL Accreditation

              ·   2018 – Conversion of Coaches into ART/ARME/NMG

              ·    2018 – SS II of LHB Coaches

              ·   2018 – POH of DEMU Coaches

              ·   2018 – CReDI fitment BG DE Locos

              ·   2020 – Conversion of ICF Coaches into Isolation

              ·   Coaches for Covid – 19 patients.

              ·   2020 – Development of Medical Assistant Robot  “JIVAKA”

              ·   2020 – Development of NMGH Prototype.

              ·   2020 – Earning of Non-fare Revenue – Refurbishing of shunting loco of M/s. TATA Steel