Pathankot Cantonment railway station explained

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 .

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 328m (1,076feet) and was assigned the code – PTKC.

History

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renamed Pathankot Cantonment Station Dedicated . Business Standard. 18 August 2013. 13 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Chapter VII . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410022057/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr16.htm . 10 April 2009 . dead .
  3. Web site: The Kangra Valley Railway . UNESCO. 13 February 2014 .
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: Train tales from bygone era. The Tribune. 20 April 2002 . 13 February 2014.
  6. Web site: IR History: Part V (1970-1995) . IRFCA . 13 February 2014 .
  7. Web site: Sheds and workshops. IRFCA. 21 February 2014.