One of the major workshops of Indian Railways. The workshop is open for public in the occasion of Vishwakarma Puja every year.
The Kanchrapara Railway Workshop is one of the major workshops of Indian Railways, and is located in the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is divided into two complexes — Loco Complex and Carriage Complex. It caters to the major overhauling of a large product mix of IR, including locomotives, ICF Coaches, EMUs, MEMUs, DEMUs, Tower Cars, etc. Its mention can be found in Satyajit Ray's short story "Patol Babu Superstar", which was also included in the Class 10 English Communicative Curriculum of the CBSE.
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A historic airfield, used during World War II by British and American fighter jets. This area is used by Indian Air Force for special purposes.