Western Railway’s (WR) Mumbai division commissioned an Automatic Coach Washing Plant at its Mumbai Central Coaching Depot on December 30,2020. The total cost of the Plant is Rs 1.67 crore.
The plant helps in minimizing time, water and man power to complete the washing process of entire trains effectively. The plant operates automatically upon sensing the movement of a rake through the unit and a 24-coach rake is washed within 20 minutes.
The plant is expected to save an external washing cost about Rs 68 lakh per annum for the coaching depot.
The plant utilizes about 60 per cent less water compared to manual washing saving approximately 18 million litres of fresh water every year.
The plant has a pre-wet station, 4 vertical brushing units, one set of fixed disc brushes, one set of retractable disc brushes, two pairs of final rinse towers and a blower. It is equipped with a captive effluent treatment plant (ETP).
