Attari Sham Singh railway station

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Attari Sham Singh Railway Station
Indian Railways station
Attari Railway Station.JPG
Attari station looking towards Pakistan,
with goods custom depot (left)
General information
LocationRailways Road, Attari Village, Amritsar district, Punjab, India
Flag of India.svg  India
Coordinates 31°35′39″N74°36′24″E / 31.5942°N 74.6068°E / 31.5942; 74.6068
Elevation231.52 metres (759.6 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northern Railway
Line(s) Ambala–Attari line
Platforms3
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeATT
Zone(s) Northern Railway
Division(s) Firozpur
History
Opened1862
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Khasa
towards ?
Northern Railway zone Terminus
Location
India Punjab location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Attari railway station
Location within Punjab

Attari Shyam Singh Railway Station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Attari and the Wagah border with Pakistan. [1]

Contents

In May 2015, Government of Punjab changed the name of station to Attari Sham Singh railway station after Sham Singh Atariwala who was general in the Sikh Empire. [2]

The railway station

Attari railway station is at an elevation of 231.52 metres (759.6 ft) and was assigned the code – ATT. [3]

Attari is the last station in India on the Amritsar–Lahore line.

History

The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Multan–Lahore–Amritsar line in 1865. [4] Amritsar–Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862. [5]

Trans-Asian Railway

Currently,[ when? ] all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The Trans-Asian Railway will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Korea to travel over land by train to Europe. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects Yunnan in China and Thailand with Europe via Turkey and passes through India. [6]

The proposed route will enter India through Tamu and Moreh in Manipur bordering Myanmar, then enter Bangladesh through Mahisasan and Shabajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at Gede. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at Attari. There is a 315 kilometres (196 mi) missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this, 180 kilometres (110 mi), in India, is between Jiribam in Manipur and Tamu in Myanmar. The rail link between Jiribam and Imphal has been sanctioned by Indian Railways, but that is unlikely to be completed before 2016. At present construction work is in progress in a 97 kilometres (60 mi) stretch between Jiribam and Tupul. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/Entrance & ticket counter
P1 FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right
Track 1
Track 2
FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right
Island platform, No- 3 doors will open on the left/right
Track 3

Major trains

Some of the important trains that runs from Attari are :

See also

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