Mukerian Railway Station | |
Type: | Indian Railways station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Kishan pura |
Borough: | Mukerian city |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 257m (843feet) |
Line: | Jalandhar–Jammu line |
Structure: | Standard on ground |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | broad gauge |
Parking: | Yes |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Opened: | 1915 |
Rebuilt: | after Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 |
Electrified: | 2014 |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Northern Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Punjab#India |
Mukerian railway station is located in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Mukerian .
Mukerian railway station is at an elevation of 257m (843feet) and was assigned the code – MEX.[1]
The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian city was constructed in 1915.[2] The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952.[3] The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.[4]
Electrification work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is on. As of 2010–11, around 100 km had been electrified.[5] As of 2013, electrification was expected to be completed in about a year.[6]