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Saidpur railway workshop

Entrance of Saidpur railway workshop in 2020
Native name	সৈয়দপুর রেলওয়ে কারখানা
Company type	Public
Industry	Railway
Founded	1870; 155 years ago (1870)
Headquarters	Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh
Services	Maintenance, repair and operations
Owner	Bangladesh Railway
Number of employees	2825

Saidpur railway workshop is a railway workshop in Bangladesh situated at Saidpur, Nilphamari District and operated by Bangladesh Railway. It is one of the two railway workshops in Bangladesh (the other being Pahartali railway workshop in Chittagong) where maintenance and repair of railway coaches and wagons are done. It is also the largest railway workshop of the country.

Details

In 1870, Saidpur railway workshop was established as a meter-gauge steam locomotive repair shed on a 110-acre land. Later, with the installation of plants and machines to repair meter-gauge and broad-gauge coaches and wagons, the workshop became fully equipped in 1953 at 800 acres of land. There are 25 different shops where repair work is done and around 1,200 items of spare parts and tools for carriage and wagon are manufactured.

References

1. "Saidpur Railway Workshop". Nilphamari.info.
2. "On the track of history: Century-old locomotives in Saidpur". The Daily Star. 2020-08-03.

External links

Media related to Saidpur Railway Workshop at Wikimedia Commons

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