Pathankot Cantonment railway station
Railway station in Pathankot, Punjab, India
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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.
India
Pathankot Cantonment | ||||||||||||||||
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Pathankot Cantonment Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | National Highway 44, Pathankot, Punjab India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°15′33″N 75°38′10″E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 328 metres (1,076 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| System | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Northern Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | 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 | |||||||||||||||
Cycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | PTKC | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Jammu | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1952 | |||||||||||||||
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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]
