Kangra_railway_station

Kangra railway station

Kangra railway station

Railway station in Himachal Pradesh, India


Kangra railway station is a main railway station in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site Kangra Valley Railway. It is located at an altitude of 674 metres (2,211 ft) above mean sea level. It was allotted the railway code of KGRA under the jurisdiction of Firozpur railway division. The 610 mm (2 ft)-wide narrow gauge was opened for traffic in 1929.[1] In 1929 the line was regauged to 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)-wide narrow gauge.

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  1. "Engineer" journal article, circa 1915, reprinted in Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, no. 75, July 2008

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