Pathankot Cantonment Railway Station
Name change
Chakki Bank railway station was renamed Pathankot Cantonment railway station in 2013.
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.
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.
The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915. 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.
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.
References
- ^ "Renamed Pathankot Cantonment Station Dedicated". Business Standard. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Chapter VII". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "The Kangra Valley Railway". UNESCO. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers". Chapter VII Communications – Railways. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Train tales from bygone era". The Tribune. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Part V (1970-1995)". IRFCA. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
External links
- Trains at Chakki Bank
Pathankot travel guide from Wikivoyage
