Pathankot Cantonment railway station

Railway station in Pathankot, Punjab, India

Pathankot Cantonment

Indian Railways
General information
Location| National Highway 44, Pathankot, Punjab
India
Coordinates| 32°15′33″N 75°38′10″E﻿ / ﻿32.2592°N 75.6362°E﻿ / 32.2592; 75.6362
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| Standard on ground
Parking| Yes
Bicycle facilities| No
Other information
Status| Functioning
Station code| PTKC
Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone
Division(s) | Firozpur
History
Opened| 1952
Electrified| Yes
Services
| Preceding station  |  Indian Railways | Following station

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Kandrori

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Jalandhar–Jammu line

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Bharoli

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Amritsar–Pathankot line

|  | Terminus

Location

Pathankot Cantonment railway station

Location in Punjab

Railways around Pathankot

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Jalandhar–Jammu line

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Ravi River

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NH 1A

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Amritsar–Pathankot line

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Kangra Valley Rwy

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NH 1A

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Pathankot Airport

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Chakki river

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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[edit]

Chakki Bank railway station was renamed Pathankot Cantonment railway station in 2013.[1]

## The railway station[edit]

Pathankot Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of 328 metres (1,076 ft) and was assigned the code – PTKC.

## History[edit]

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[edit]

Electrification work of the Jalandhar–Jammu line is completed in 2015.

## Loco shed[edit]

Pathankot Cantonment had a steam loco shed which has now been decommissioned.[7]

## References[edit]

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[edit]

* Trains at Chakki Bank
* Pathankot travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Railway stations in the Punjab, India

NRTooltip Northern Railway zone|

| Ambala|

* Abohar Junction
* Anandpur Sahib
* Barnala
* Bathinda Cantonment
* Bathinda Junction
* Dappar
* Dhuri Junction
* Fatehgarh Sahib
* Ghaggar
* Lalru
* Mandi Gobindgarh
* Morinda Junction
* New Morinda Junction
* Nangal Dam
* Naya Nangal
* Patiala
* Rajpura Junction
* Rupnagar
* Sangrur
* SAS Nagar Mohali
* Sirhind

|

Firozpur|

* Amritsar Junction
* Attari Sham Singh
* Batala Junction
* Beas Junction
* Bharoli Junction
* Faridkot
* Fazilka Junction
* Firozpur Cantonment
* Firozpur City
* Gurdaspur
* Hoshiarpur
* Jalandhar City Junction
* Jalandhar Cantonment
* Kapurthala
* Kotkapura Junction
* Ladhowal
* Lohian Khas Junction
* Ludhiana Junction
* Moga
* Mukerian
* Muktsar
* Nakodar Junction
* Nawanshahr Doaba Junction
* Pathankot Cantonment
* Pathankot Junction
* Phagwara
* Qadian
* Phillaur Junction
* Sahnewal
* Tarn Taran Junction
* Verka Junction

Delhi|

* Mansa

NWRTooltip North Western Railway zone|

| Bikaner|

* Sangat

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See also|

* Chandigarh
* Ludhiana Metro

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