Pathankot Junction railway station

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Pathankot Junction
Light rail & Commuter rail station
General information
Location Pathankot, Punjab
Flag of India.svg India
Coordinates 32°16′18″N75°38′38″E / 32.2716°N 75.6438°E / 32.2716; 75.6438
Elevation331 metres (1,086 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northern Railways
Line(s) Jalandhar–Jammu line
Kangra Valley Railway
Amritsar–Pathankot line
Platforms4 (3 broad gauge + 1 narrow gauge )
Tracks 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg Available
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePTK
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Firozpur
History
Opened1884;139 years ago (1884)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian Railways Following station
Pathankot Cantonment
towards ?
Northern Railway zone Bharoli
towards ?
Terminus Northern Railway zone
Northern Railway zone Jawalamukhi Road
towards ?
Location
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Pathankot Junction railway station
Location in Punjab

Pathankot Junction Railway Station (station code: PTK) is a located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot.

Contents

The railway station

Pathankot railway station is at an elevation of 331 metres (1,086 ft) and was assigned the code – PTK. [1]

Here is a short description of the station by Ian Manning: "Pathankot, being the railhead for Kashmir and several other places (a branch has been inching into Kashmir for some time, but so far it hasn’t made much difference) is a dusty trucking and military town, booming and rough. Its station grew by accumulation in length rather than in breadth, with some rather confused bay platforms at the Amritsar end. The contrasting tidy bay and loop at the far end were the passenger terminus of the Kangra Valley Railway, a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) line which penetrated into the foothills of the Himalayas.". [2]

History

The 107 km (66 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884. [3]

The 164 km (101.9 mi)-long 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)-wide narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929. [4]

The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915. [5] The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952, [6] The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971. [7]

Electrification

Electrification work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is completed as of May 2015 and now functioning.

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References

  1. ↑ "Pathankot Junction railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "The North-west – Amritsar; Kangra Valley". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Chapter VII". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Kangra Valley Railway". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers". Chapter VII Communications – Railways. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Timeline". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "IR History: Part V (1970–1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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