Jalandhar Cantonment railway station

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Jalandhar Cantonment
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Opposite GT Road, near Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, Punjab
India
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Elevation 239 metres (784 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Northern Railway
Line(s) Ambala–Attari line
Jalandhar-Jammu line
Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur line
Platforms 3
Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type Standard on ground
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities No
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code JRC
Division(s) Firozpur
History
Opened 1870
Electrified 2003–04
Location
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is located in Punjab
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station
Location in Punjab

Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is located in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Jalandhar .

The railway station

Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of 239 metres (784 ft) and was assigned the code – JRC.[1]

History

The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483 km (300 mi) long Amritsar-Ambala-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.

The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.[2] The Mukerian-Pathankot line was built in 1952. The construction of the Pathankot-Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and opened in 1971.[3]

Hoshiarpur was linked by rail with Jullundur Cantonment in 1913.[4]

Electrification

The Phagwara-Jalandhar City-Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.[5]

DMU shed

India’s first and largest DMU shed at Jalandhar holds 90 units placed in service in rural Punjab. It also houses two BEML built rail buses which operate on the Beas-Goindwal Sahib line.[6]

References

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External links

Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Northern Railway zone
Terminus Northern Railway zone
Jalandhar-Nakoar line
Terminus Northern Railway zone
Terminus Northern Railway zone
Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur branch line