Pathankot Junction railway station explained

Pathankot Junction
Type:Light rail & Commuter rail station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Pathankot, Punjab
Elevation:331m (1,086feet)
Line:Jalandhar–Jammu line
Kangra Valley Railway
Amritsar–Pathankot line
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:4 (3 broad gauge + 1 narrow gauge)
Tracks: broad gauge
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:No
Electrified:Yes
Accessible: Available
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northern Railways
Status:Functioning
Map Type:India Punjab
Map Dot Label:Pathankot Junction railway station
Map Size:300

Pathankot Junction Railway Station (station code: PTK) is a located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot.

The railway station

Pathankot railway station is at an elevation of 331m (1,086feet) and was assigned the code – PTK.[1]

Here is a short description of the station by Ian Manning: "Pathankot, being the railhead for Kashmir and several other places (a branch has been inching into Kashmir for some time, but so far it hasn’t made much difference) is a dusty trucking and military town, booming and rough. Its station grew by accumulation in length rather than in breadth, with some rather confused bay platforms at the Amritsar end. The contrasting tidy bay and loop at the far end were the passenger terminus of the Kangra Valley Railway, a line which penetrated into the foothills of the Himalayas.".[2]

History

The 1070NaN0-long broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[3]

The 1641NaN1-long -wide narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929.[4]

The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.[5] The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952,[6] The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.[7]

Electrification

Electrification work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is completed as of May 2015 and now functioning.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pathankot Junction railway station. indiarailinfo.com . 10 February 2014.
  2. Web site: The North-west – Amritsar; Kangra Valley . IRFCA. 10 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Chapter VII . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410022057/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr16.htm . 10 April 2009 . dead .
  4. Web site: The Kangra Valley Railway . UNESCO. 9 February 2014 .
  5. 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 .
  6. Web site: R. P. Saxena. Indian Railway History Timeline. Irse.bravehost.com. 10 February 2014. https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm. 14 July 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: IR History: Part V (1970–1995) . IRFCA . 9 February 2014 .