Central Locomotive Factory
| KELOKA | |
Native name | কেন্দ্রীয় লোকোমোটিভ কারখানা |
Romanized name | Kendriyo Locomotive Karkhana |
| Type | Government-owned |
| Industry | Railway locomotive maintenance and repair |
| Founded | May 14, 1992 in Parbatipur Upazila, Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Near Parbatipur Railway Station, beside Parbatipur-Syedpur regional highway, Parbatipur, Dinajpur District , Bangladesh |
Number of locations | 1 |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people | Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad (Chief Executive Officer) |
| Products | Maintenance and repair of meter-gauge and broad-gauge diesel locomotives |
| Services | General Overhauling (GOH), special repairs |
| Owner | Bangladesh Railway |
Number of employees | 236 (total allocated: 545, vacant: 309) (2019) |
| Parent | Bangladesh Railway |
| Divisions | Mechanical, Electrical, Safety, Health, Stores, and 6 others (total 11 departments) |
| Footnotes The factory was established at a cost of 203 crore taka. In 2016, locomotive 2933 of the Parabat Express was damaged in an accident and was repaired in 2019 at a cost of 3 crore taka. | |
The Central Locomotive Factory (abbreviated as KELOKA) is the principal and largest locomotive factory in Bangladesh, located near the Parbatipur Railway Station in Parbatipur Upazila of Dinajpur District,[1] beside Parbatipur-Syedpur regional highway.[2] This factory is responsible for the maintenance and heavy repair of Bangladesh’s meter-gauge and broad-gauge diesel locomotives.[3]
History
The factory was established on May 14, 1992, at a cost of 203 crore taka and has a total of 11 departments, including mechanical, electrical, safety, health, and store departments. Although the total workforce allocation of the factory is 545 people, as of 2019, only 236 people are employed, and 309 positions are vacant. Currently, the Chief Executive Officer (CX) of this factory is Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad. Every operational locomotive here undergoes a heavy repair, called General Overhauling (GOH), every 6 years, and special repairs are conducted on locomotives that are damaged in accidents or suffer mechanical defects.[4]
A significant incident occurred on October 7, 2016, when the 2900 class locomotive 2933, which was part of the Parabat Express, derailed at the Noyapara Railway Station in Madhabpur, Habiganj. The locomotive's fuel tank caught fire, severely damaging a large portion of the locomotive, causing it to become completely inoperable. After nearly three years of being stored at the Pahartali Diesel Factory, it was sent to the Central Locomotive Factory on May 15, 2019. Following 8 months of repairs at a cost of 3 crore taka, the locomotive was restored and made operational again.[5]
References
- ↑ পার্বতীপুর কেন্দ্রীয় লোকোমোটিভ কারখানা. Dinajpur Store. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ রেল ইঞ্জিন কারখানায় জনবলসংকট তীব্র. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ কেন্দ্রীয় লোকোমোটিভ কারখানা. Bangladesh National Portal. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ↑ পার্বতীপুরের রেলওয়ে কেন্দ্রীয় লোকোমোটিভ কারখানায় স্বল্প জনবল দিয়েই চলছে নির্ধারিত কার্যক্রম. Jaijaidin. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ↑ "8 new locomotives land in Chittagong port from UK". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2025.