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Central Railway Workshop, Mysore is a repair facility of I ndian Railways situated at
Central Railway Workshop, Mysore is a repair facility of I ndian Railways situated at Mysore
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
in Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
province of India
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History
The central workshop in Mysore was established as a base workshop of the old Mysore state railway in 1938. The workshop celebratedGolden Jubilee
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Bangladesh
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during the year 1988. Initially, the Workshop was headed by Works Manager till the year 1988. Thereafter, the Post of Workshop head was upgraded as Dy.Chief Mechanical Engineer. The first Dy.CME was Sri.K. Subramanyam. During the year 1992-93, the workshop was headed by Chief Workshop Manager for brief period as the workshop was being upgraded to cater to Periodic Overhauling of Broad Gauge Coaches. During the year 2004, the post of Workshop head was finally upgraded to Chief Workshop Manager and Sri.Sushil Chandra was the first incumbent to the post of CWM of Mysore Workshops under the new regime of South Western Railway.
South Western Railway
This workshop has been a part of the South Western Railway since 2003.Activities
The workshop conducts regular overhauling of all types of coaches and also manufactures toy trains.See also
*Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...
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