Ambala–Attari line

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Ambala–Attari line
including
Hoshiarpur branch line
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Haryana, Punjab
Termini Ambala
Attari
Operation
Opened 1870
Owner Indian Railway
Operator(s) Northern Railway
Technical
Track length 273 km (170 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification 25kV 50Hz AC OHLE in 1995-2004
Highest elevation Ambala Cantonment 272.530 m (894 ft), Attari 220 m (722 ft)
[ ]
Ambala–Attari line
km
to Lahore
Wagah
Pakistan
India
border
24 Attari
13 Khasa
6 Chheharta
Road marker IN SH.svg State Highway 21
to Khem Karan
0
249
Amritsar
x17px National Highway 15
to Amritsar-Pathankot line
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
236 Mananwala
230 Jandiala
224 Tangra
218 Butari
212 Baba Bakala Rajya
to Tarn Taran
206 Beas
Beas River
201 Dhilwan
193 Ramidi(Halt)
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
191 Hamira
185 Karatpur
178 Sura Nussi
174 Baba Sodhal Nagar
to Jalandhar-Firozpur line
170
0
Jalandhar City
to Nakoar
to Jalandhar–Jammu line
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
165
5
Jalandhar Cantonment
11 Bolinna Doaba
22 Khurdpur
28 Sham Chaurasi
36 Nasrala
43 Hoshiarpur
157 Chiheru
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
149 Phagwara
to Nawan Shahr Doaba
145 Mauli
139 Goraya
133 Bhatian
to Lohian Khas
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
127 Phillaur
Sutlej River
122 Ladhowal
114 Ludhiana
to Ludhiana-Fazilka line
to Ludhiana-Jakhal line
106 Dhandari Kalan
98 Sahnewal
to Chandigarh-Sahnewal line
91 Doraha
87 Jaspalon
82 Chawapail
71 Khanna
63 Mandi Gobindgarh
to Nangal Dam
53 Sirhind
Road marker IN SH.svg State Highway 12A
43 Sadhoo Garh
37 Sarai Banjara
x17px
National Highway 1
(Grand Trunk Road)
to Bhatinda
28 Rajpura
x17px National Highway 64
17 Sambhu
Haryana
Punjab
border
7 Ambala City
x17px National Highway 65
to Delhi-Kalka line
0 Ambala Cantonment
to Delhi-Kalka line
to Moradabad-Ambala line

The Ambala–Attari line is a railway line connecting Ambala Cantonment in the Indian state of Haryana and Attari in Punjab. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

History

The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line in 1865 and the 483 km (300 mi) long Amritsar-Ambala-Saharanpur-Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.[1] Amritsar-Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862.[2]

Hoshiarpur was linked by rail with Jullundur Cantonment in 1913.[3]

Electrification

The Ambala-Amritsar sector is electrified. It was electrified in parts. The Shahbad Markanda-Mandi Gobindgarh sector was electrified in 1995-96, the Mandi Gobindgarh-Ludhiana sector in 1996-97, the Phillaur-Phagwara sector in 2002-03, and the Phagwara-Jallandhar City-Amritsar in 2003-04.[4]

Sheds and workshops

Ambala has an outstation shed for Shakurbasti WDS-4 diesel locos. Ludhiana diesel shed holds 170+ locos including WDM-2, WDM-3A and WDG-3A. Ludhiana electric loco shed was commissioned in 2001 and houses WAM-4, WAG-5 and WAG-7 locos. India’s first and largest DMU shed at Jalandhar holds 90 units placed in service in rural Punjab. It also houses two BEML built rail buses which operate on the Beas-Goindwal Sahib line. Amritsar workshop carries out periodic overhaul of WDS-4 locos and breakdown cranes and bogie manufacture.[5]

Tracks and speed limit

The Ambala Cantonment-Ludhiana-Pathankot line is classified as a "Group B" line and can take speeds up to 130 km/ h.[6]

It is a double-line track.[7] There is a third line between Sahnewal and Ludhiana.[8]

Passenger movement

Ambala Cantonment, Ludhiana, Jalandhar City and Amritsar, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[9]

Railway reorganisation

Sind Railway (later reorganised as Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway) was formed a guaranteed railway in 1856.[1] It constructed broad gauge railways from Delhi to Multan via Lahore, and from Karachi to Kotri. Multan and Kotri were connected by ferry service on the Indus River. In 1871-72, Indus Valley Railway was formed to connect Multan and Kotri. At the same time, Punjab Northern State Railway started constructing from Lahore towards Peshawar. In 1886, Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway was acquired by the state and amalgamated with Indus Valley Railway and Punjab Northern State Railway to form North-Western State Railway.[10]

With the partition of India in 1947, North Western Railway was split. While the western portion became Pakistan West Railway, and later Pakistan Railways, the eastern part became Eastern Punjab Railway.[11] In 1952, Northern Railway was formed was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.[12]

References

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