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'''<big>Parel Railway Workshops</big>'''
[[File:Parel Railway Workshops.png|thumb|Parel Railway Workshops]]
'''Parel''' Originally, Parel was a separate island, one of the Seven Islands of Bombay <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parel Wikipedia - Parel, Mumbai ]; Retrieved 23 Feb 2020</ref>. In later times Parel was the favourite quarter of the European inhabitants and contained the official residence of the Governor of Bombay( subsequently moving to Malabar Point <ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_408.gif 'Imperial Gazetteer of India', Vol 8, pages 401-402]; Retrieved 23 Feb 2020</ref>.
'''Central Railway Locomotive Workshop''', Parel was set up by Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) as a Steam Loco Shed in 1879 for broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]). It is one of the largest and oldest repair Workshops on the Indian Railways with diversified repair/manufacturing activities
<ref>[https://cr.indianrailwov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,287,389,677,683 Indian Railways.gov; Central Railways Mechanical Department – Parel Workshops ]; Retrieved 23 Feb 2020</ref>.
'''Lower Parel Railway Workshops'''. The workshop was originally a Locomotive repair workshop during the British period and opened between the year 1870-76. The workshop was set up by the former Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CIR) as a centralised workshop for broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) locomotives, carriages and wagon stock. Later, as the repair activities were expanded with progressive increases in the holding of locomotives, coaches and wagons, a separate wagon repair workshop was set up at Mahalaxmi in 1910 as an extension to this workshop under its administrative setup
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage_Repair_Workshop,_Lower_Parel,_Mumbai Wikipedia ‘Carriage_Repair_Workshop,_Lower_Parel,_Mumbai’]; Retrieved 23 Feb 2020</ref>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Locomotive Manufacturers and Repairers]]
[[Category:Railway Wagon & Carriage Manufacturer]]
