COMPLETION OF 100 YEARS OF ELECTRIC TRACTION OVER INDIAN RAILWAYS CELEBRATED IN EASTERN RAILWAY’S HOWRAH DIVISION

Kolkata It may be noted that, the date 3rd February, 2025, marks 100 years of Electric traction over Indian Railways and also the 100 years of EMU Suburban Services over Indian Railways. A century ago, it was on 3rd February, 1925, first EMU with 1.5kV DC Traction was run from erstwhile Victoria Terminus run (Presently CSMT-Mumbai), to Coorla Harbour (Presently Kurla).

To commemorate the centenary year of EMU Suburban Services, a 3 phase EMU rake of Howrah Division has been painted in the unique livery during Periodical Overhauling (POH) at Kanchrapara Workshop and decorated with Photographs of EMU Suburban trains from all over Indian Railways sets off its journey from Howrah station this evening in presence of Milind Deouskar, General Manager/Eastern Railway.
Sumit Sarkar, Additional General Manager/Eastern Railway, Shri Devender Kumar, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, Saumitra Biswas, Principal Chief Operations Manager, Dr. Uday Shankar Jha, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Shri Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Vikram Gupta, Principal Chief Engineer, Sanjeev Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager/Howrah and other senior officers of Eastern Railway were also present on this auspicious occasion.
At Howrah station,Milind Deouskar, General Manager/Eastern Railway also visited the exhibition gallery depicting 100 years of Electrification in Indian Railways and the decorated EMU train coaches bearing signature of 100 years of Electrification.
The EMU rake, commemorating 100 years of electric traction bears some technological improvement as follows:
?Railway Driver Assistance System (Al Based Camera for Assistance of M/man).
?Signal Approaching Device (It reminds Motorman of approaching red signal by audio reminder.)
?Guard Drivers Communication System (Talk back) from can be operated from any rear end cab by sides of a driver desk i.e. Motorman side & Guard side.
?Conventional Headlights are changed with LED head lights which ensures better illumination and visibility during run.
?Train infotainment System in has been provided by Commercial Dept. for running advertisements, and other important Railway Messages.
?Fog safe Device with Charging socket. has been provided with programmable Timer of charging on a duty cycle to avoid over charging.
Eastern Railway, committed for utilization of green energy, has already achieved 100% electrification over its vast network.