Pathankot Junction railway station

Pathankot Railway Station ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ पठानकोट रेलवे स्टेशन
Light rail & Commuter rail station
Location	Pathankot Punjab India
Coordinates	32°16′18″N 75°38′38″E / 32.2716°N 75.6438°ECoordinates: 32°16′18″N 75°38′38″E / 32.2716°N 75.6438°E
Elevation	331 metres (1,086 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railway
Line(s)	Jalandhar-Jammu line Kangra Valley Railway Amritsar-Pathankot line
Platforms	4
Tracks	Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PTK
Division(s)	Firozpur
History
Opened	1884
Electrified	Yes
Location
Pathankot Junction railway station Location in Punjab

Railways around Pathankot
Legend to Jalandhar-Jammu line Punjab – J&K border Ravi River 13 Madhopur, Punjab NH 1A 6 Sujanpur 3, 0 Bharoli, Pathankot Junction Left: to Amritsar-Pathankot line Right: to Kangra Valley Railway NG 3 Pathankot Cantonment National Highway 1A Pathankot Airport Chakki river 12 Kandrori to Jalandhar-Jammu line Source: Google maps

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

The railway station

Pathankot railway station is at an elevation of 331 metres (1,086 ft) 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 sometime, 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 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) line which penetrated into the foothills of the Himalayas.".^[2]

History

The 107 km (66 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Amritsar-Pathankot line was opened in 1884.^[3]

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.^[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.

References

1. "Pathankot Junction railway station". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
2. "The North-west - Amritsar; Kangra Valley". IRFCA. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
3. "Chapter VII". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
4. "The Kangra Valley Railway". UNESCO. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
5. "Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers". Chapter VII Communications – Railways. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
6. R. P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History Timeline". Irse.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
7. "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links

• Trains at Pathankot Junction
• Pathankot travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Pathankot Cantonment		Northern Railway zone Jalandhar-Jammu line		Bharoli
Terminus		Northern Railway zone Amritsar-Pathankot line		Bharoli
Terminus		Northern Railway zone Kangra Valley Railway		Jawalamukhi Road