Pathankot Cantonment | |
Type: | Indian Railways |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | National Highway 44, Pathankot, Punjab |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 328m (1,076feet) |
Line: | Jalandhar–Jammu line Kangra Valley Railway Amritsar–Pathankot line |
Structure: | Standard on ground |
Platform: | 3 |
Tracks: | broad gauge |
Parking: | Yes |
Bicycle: | No |
Opened: | 1952 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | Northern Railways |
Status: | Functioning |
Map Type: | India Punjab |
Map Dot Label: | Pathankot Cantonment railway station |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pathankot Cantonment railway station (station code: PTKC) is located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot .
Chakki Bank railway station was renamed Pathankot Cantonment railway station in 2013.[1]
Pathankot Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of 328m (1,076feet) and was assigned the code – PTKC.
The 1070NaN0-long broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[2]
The 1641NaN1-long -wide narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929.[3]
The line from to 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 work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is completed in 2015.
Pathankot Cantonment had a steam loco shed which has now been decommissioned.[7]