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No. EL/3.6.1 Dated: 13.10.2020

Principal Chief Electrical Engineer,

1. Central Railway, Mumbai CST-400 001 2. North Western Railway, Jaipur-302 006
3. East Central Railway, Hazipur, Bihar-844 101 4. South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam,
Secunderabad-500 071
5. East Coast Railway, Chandrashekharpur, 6. South East Central Railway, Bilaspur-
Bhubaneswar-751 016 495 004
7. Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, Kolkata-700 001 8. South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach,
Kolkata-700 043
9. North Central Railway, Subedarganj, Allahabad- 10. Southern Railway, Park Town, Chennai-600
211 033 003
11. Northern Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi- 12. South Western Railway, Hubli-580 024
110 001
13. North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur-273001 14. West Central Railway, Jabalpur-482 001
15. North East Frontier 16. Western Railway, Churchgate, Mumbai-
Railway,Maligaon,Guwahati-781 011 400 020
17. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan-
713 331

Sub: Review of periodicity of Maintenance Schedules of Electric Locomotives.

Ref: Railway Board letter no. 92/Elect.(TRS)/138/5 Pt. Dated 06.10.2020.

Railway Board vide their letter under reference above have informed that the report on review of
periodicity of maintenance schedule of electric locos along with analysis recommendation of the
Committee, views of COMs of Zonal Railways and RDSO, submitted by GM/SCR to Planning
Directorate of Railway Board have been deliberated in a Board Meeting and accepted the
recommendations. The recommendations approved by the Board are as under:

Locomotive Type of Maintenance Existing Periodicity Revised Periodicity

Schedule
Trip Inspection 4500 km or one trip, whichever is later 4500 km or one trip,
whichever is later.
IA 90 days 90 days
WAP7 Minor Schedule IB 180 days 180 days
IC 270 days 270 days
TOH 24 months,72months 27 months (2¼ years ),
Major Schedule 81months (6¾ years)
IOH 48 months(4 years)±6 months or 12 54 months(4 ½ years )

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 lakh km whichever is earlier or
12 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
POH 108 months(9 years)±6 months or 24 108 months(9 years)
lakh km whichever is earlier or
24 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
Trip Inspection 45 days 45 days
WAG9 Minor Schedule IA 90 days 90 days
IB 180 days 180 days
IC 270 days 270 days
Major Schedule TOH 24 months,48 months,96 months,120 36 months(3 years),
months 108months(9years),
180 months(15 years)
IOH 72 months(6 years)±6 months or 12 72 months(6 years)
lakh km whichever is earlier or
8 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
144 months(12 years)
or
16 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
POH 144 months(12 years) ±6 months or 24 216 months (18 years)
lakh km whichever is earlier or
24 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
Trip Inspection 4500 km or one trip, whichever is later 4500 km or one trip,
whichever is later.
WAP4 Minor Schedule IA 60 days 60 days
IB X X
IC 120 days 120 days
Major Schedule TOH 18 months±15 days 18 months
(1½ years)
IOH 36 months± 1 month or 6 lakh km 54 months(4 ½ years )
whichever is earlier or
9 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
POH 72 months(6 years) ±3 months or 15 108 months(9 years)
lakh km whichever is earlier or
18 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
Trip Inspection 20 days 20 days
Minor Schedule IA 60 days 60 days
WAG7 IB 120 days 120 days
IC 180 days 240 days
Major Schedule TOH 24 months±15 days 24 months
(2 years)
IOH 72 months(6 years)± 1 month or 6 lakh 72 months(6 years)
km whichever is earlier or
6 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
POH 120 months(10 years) ±3 months or 12 120 months (10years)

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 lakh km whichever is earlier or
12 lakh km, whichever is
earlier.
Note: The grace period (+/-) will remain the same as existing at present for different schedules till final decision
on same, based on feedback from Zonal Railway on item (viii) below is taken.

Zonal Railways are advised to implement the aforesaid revised periodicity of maintenance
schedules for the four types of electric locomotives mentioned above with immediate effect.

2. Apart from above, Railway Board has also identified following additional issues on which feedback of
Zonal Railways is requested:

i. Must change items of TOH/IOH/POH to be reviewed in line with the aforesaid revised schedules.
ii. Conventional coaching locomotives may not be sent for the last POH if residual life is less than 6
years.
iii. WAG-7, WAG-5H and WAG-5 TAOCHI locomotives may not be sent for last POH if residual life
is less than 9 years.
iv. Scheme, modalities and development of condition monitoring based assessment system for bogie,
wheel and Traction motor in trip sheds for remote monitoring of electric locomotives.
v. Guidelines for periodicity of UST may be reviewed as per EKM.
vi. Periodicity of replacement of items should be in line of Major schedules and uniformity of
replacement should also be maintained over codal life.
vii. All schedules activities of must change of equipments/assembly which require lifting of locomotives
should be aligned with IOH schedule of locomotive so that TOH schedule of locomotive should be
made non lifting maintenance schedule.
viii. Suitable ± grace period may be included in each Major/Minor Schedule.

The suggestions/feedback on these issues in soft copy, preferably in WORD, may please be sent
through email at sredse@gmail.com & dse1rdso@gmail.com expeditiously by 26.10.2020 to enable
examination of the same by RDSO and sending the final comments to Railway Board accordingly.

ARVIND Digitally signed by

ARVIND PANDEY

PANDEY Date: 2020.10.13

15:35:24 +05'30'
(Arvind Pandey)
Encl: Nil for Director General Std. / Electrical

Copy to:
Secretary (Electrical), Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi-110001
(Kind Attn.: Shri Kishore Vaibhav, DEE/RS/RB): for kind information please.

ARVIND Digitally signed by

ARVIND PANDEY

PANDEY Date: 2020.10.13

15:35:58 +05'30'
(Arvind Pandey)
Encl: Nil for Director General Std. / Electrical

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