Pathankot_Cantonment_railway_station

Pathankot Cantonment railway station

Pathankot Cantonment railway station

Railway station in Pathankot, Punjab, India

Pathankot Cantonment railway station (station code: PTKC) is located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot .

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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 328 metres (1,076 ft) and was assigned the code – PTKC.

History

The 107 km (66 mi)-long 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[2]

The 164 km (101.9 mi)-long 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)-wide narrow-gauge Kangra Valley Railway from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar was commissioned in 1929.[3]

The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian 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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Renamed Pathankot Cantonment Station Dedicated". Business Standard. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Chapter VII". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    "The Kangra Valley Railway". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers". Chapter VII Communications – Railways. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Train tales from bygone era". The Tribune. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. [6]
    "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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