Jalandhar City Junction railway station explained

Jalandhar City Junction
Type:Indian Railways junction station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Street No. 1, Gobindgarh, Arjun Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab
Country:India
Elevation:236.52m (775.98feet)
Line:Ambala–Attari line
Jalandhar–Jammu line
Jalandhar–Firozpur line
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:5 (Including 2 terminating platforms)
Tracks:16 broad gauge
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:1864
Electrified:1997
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northern Railway
Status:Functioning
Map Type:India Punjab#India
Map Dot Label:Jalandhar City
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

Jalandhar City Junction (station code: JUC) is a railway station located in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Jalandhar.

The railway station

Jalandhar City railway station is at an elevation of 236.52m (775.98feet) and was assigned the code – JUC.[1]

History

The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 4830NaN0 long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.[2]

The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.[3] The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952,[2] The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.[4]

The Firozpur Cantonment-Jalandhar City branch line was opened in 1912.[5]

Electrification

The electrification of Phagwara–Jalandhar Cantt–Jalandhar City–Amritsar sector was initiated in 1997.[6]

DMU shed

India's first and largest DMU shed at Jalandhar holds 90 units placed in service in whole Punjab. It also houses two BEML-built rail buses which operate on the Beas–Goindwal Sahib line. In 2019, it completed 50 years of service and was converted into an electric shed MEMU and allotted 2 new rakes of MEMU train including medical relief van.[7]

Passenger movement

Jalandhar City is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[8]

Amenities

Jalandhar City railway station has computerized reservation counters, GRP (railway police) office, retiring rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms and book stall.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jallandhar City railway station. indiarailinfo.com . 2 February 2014.
  2. Web site: R. P.. Saxena . Indian Railway History Timeline . Irse.bravehost.com . 2 February 2014 . https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm . 14 July 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers . Chapter VII Communications – Railways . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105330/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: IR History: Part V (1970-1995) . IRFCA . 9 February 2014 .
  5. Web site: Punjab District Gazetteers – Kapurthala . Punjab Revenue . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122431/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt9.htm#ch7c . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: History of Electrification. IRFCA. 2 February 2014.
  7. Web site: Sheds and workshops. IRFCA. 5 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry . Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways . IRFCA . 2 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html . 10 May 2014 .
  9. Web site: Jallandhar City railway station. Make My Trip. 2 February 2014. 12 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212212246/http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/jalandhar_city-juc-railway-station.html. dead.