Moradabad–Ambala line explained

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Moradabad – Ambala line
Status:	Operational
Open:	1886
Tracklength:	2740NaN0
Elevation:	Moradabad 2010NaN0 Ambala Cantonment 272.530NaN0
Map State:	collapsed

The Moradabad–Ambala line (also known as Moradabad–Ambala main line) is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and in Haryana. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

History

The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483km (300miles) –Ambala–– line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.

The Varanasi–Lucknow– main line of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was extended to in 1886.^[1]

Electrification

The Ambala– sector was electrified in 1996–98 and –Roorkee in 2003–04.^[2] The Roorkee–Mordabad sector was electrified around 2005–06.^[3]

The Ambala–Laksar– sector is an electrified double-line.^[4]

Sheds and workshops

Ambala has an outstation shed for Shakurbasti WDS-4 locos. Jagadhari has a carriage and wagon workshop and a bridge workshop.^[5]

Speed limit

The Ambala Cantonment to moradabad jn line is classified as a "Group D " line and can take speeds up to 110 km/ h.^[6]

Passenger movement

and on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[7]

Railway reorganisation

Around 1872, the Indian Branch Railway Company was transformed into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.^{[8] [9] [10]} Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with East Indian Railway Company in 1925.^[11]

The Government of India took over the Bengal and North-Western Railway and merged it with the Rohilkhand and Kumaon Railway to form the Oudh and Tirhut Railway in 1943.^[12]

In 1952, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway were formed. Eastern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, east of Mughalsarai and Bengal Nagpur Railway. Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. North Eastern Railway was formed with Oudh and Tirhut Railway, Assam Railway and a portion of Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.^[13] East Central Railway was created in 1996–97.^[14] North Central Railway was formed in 2003.^[15]

External links

• Trains at Moradabad
• Trains at Roorkee
• Trains at Saharanpur
• Trains at Ambala Cantonment

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . Management Ebooks . 25 January 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140111051716/http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.html . 11 January 2014 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: History of Electrification. IRFCA. 25 January 2014.
3. Web site: Ambala–Jagadhri-Saharanpur–Moradabad. 25 January 2014.
4. Web site: Indian Rail Day to Day. 25 January 2014.
5. Web site: Sheds and workshops. IRFCA. 25 January 2014.
6. Web site: Chapter II – The Maintenance of Permanent Way. IRFCA. 25 January 2014 .
7. Web site: Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry . Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways . IRFCA . 25 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html . 10 May 2014 .
8. Web site: IR History: Early History (1832-1869) . IRFCA. 25 January 2014.
9. Web site: The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . Old Martinian Association . 25 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130621225555/http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf . 21 June 2013 . dmy-all .
10. Web site: Indian Branch Railway . fibis. 25 January 2014.
11. Web site: IR History III : (1900–1947) . IRFCA. 25 January 2014.
12. Web site: Bengal and North-Western Railway . fibis. 25 January 2014.
13. Web site: Geography – Railway Zones. IRFCA. 25 January 2014.
14. Web site: East Central Railway. ECR. 25 January 2014.
15. Web site: North Central Railway. NCR. 25 January 2014.