Pathankot Cantonment railway station
Railway station in Pathankot, Punjab, India
32°15′33″N 75°38′10″E / 32.2592°N 75.6362°E / 32.2592; 75.6362
Kangra Valley Railway
Amritsar–Pathankot line
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| Bharoli towards ? | Northern Railway zone | Terminus | ||
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Pathankot Cantonment railway station (station code: PTKC) is located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot .
Name change
Chakki Bank railway station was renamed Pathankot Cantonment railway station in 2013.[1]
The railway station
Pathankot Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of 328 metres (1,076 ft) and was assigned the code – PTKC.
History
The 107 km (66 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[2]
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.[3]
The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.[4] The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952.[5] The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.[6]
Electrification
Electrification work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is completed in 2015.
Loco shed
Pathankot Cantonment had a steam loco shed which has now been decommissioned.[7]
References
- ^ "Renamed Pathankot Cantonment Station Dedicated". Business Standard. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Chapter VII". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "The Kangra Valley Railway". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers". Chapter VII Communications – Railways. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Train tales from bygone era". The Tribune. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
External links
- Trains at Chakki Bank
Pathankot travel guide from Wikivoyage
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