Pathankot Cantonment railway station

Pathankot Cantonment
Indian Railways
General information
Location	National Highway 44, Pathankot, Punjab India
Coordinates	32°15′33″N 75°38′10″E
Elevation	328 metres (1,076 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railways
Line(s)	Jalandhar–Jammu line Kangra Valley Railway Amritsar–Pathankot line
Platforms	3
Tracks	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PTKC
Zone(s)	Northern Railway zone
Division(s)	Jammu
History
Opened	1952
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Kandrori towards ? Northern Railway zone Jalandhar–Jammu line Pathankot Junction towards ? Bharoli towards ? Northern Railway zone Amritsar–Pathankot line Terminus
Location Pathankot Cantonment railway station Location in Punjab

Railways around Pathankot
km Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu and Kashmir Punjab border Ravi River 13 Madhopur NH 1A 6 Sujanpur Amritsar–Pathankot line 3 Bharoli 0 Pathankot Junction Kangra Valley Rwy (narrow gauge) 3 Pathankot Cantonment NH 1A Pathankot Airport Chakki river 12 Kandrori Jalandhar–Jammu line
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Pathankot Cantonment railway station (station code: PTKC) is located in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Pathankot .

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

External links

• Trains at Chakki Bank
• Pathankot travel guide from Wikivoyage