请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Amritsar–Pathankot line
释义

  1. History

  2. Railway workshop

  3. Passenger movement

  4. Railway reorganisation

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}{{Infobox rail line
| box_width = 28em
| name = Amritsar–Pathankot line
(including Dera Baba Nanak branch line)
| color =
| logo =
| logo_width = 100 px
| image =
| image_width =
| caption =
| type =
| system = Electrification Started
| status = Operational
| locale = Punjab
| start = Amritsar
| end = Pathankot Junction
| stations =
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = 1884
| close =
| owner = Indian Railway
| operator = Northern Railway
| character =
| depot =
| stock =
| linelength =
| tracklength = {{convert|107|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracks = 1 (Single line)
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676 mm}} broad gauge
| old_gauge =
| minradius =
| racksystem =
| electrification =
| speed =
| elevation = Amitsar {{convert|233|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, Pathankot Junction {{convert|331|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| website =
| map = {{Amritsar–Pathankot line|inline=1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

The Amritsar–Pathankot line is a railway line connecting Amritsar and Pathankot Junction both in the Indian state of Punjab . The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway.

History

The {{convert|107|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long {{track gauge|1676mm}} wide broad gauge Amritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[1] It originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to North Western Railway in 1892.[2]

The Amritsar-Dera Baba Nanak branch line serves the western part of Batala tahsil. Prior to the partition of India in 1947, this line linked to Sialkot (now in Pakistan), but after partition Dera Baba Nanak became the terminus. The Batala-Qadian link serves the eastern part of Batala tahsil.[1] The Amritsar-Sialkot line ran thus: Amritsar-Dera Baba Nanak-Narowal-Sialkot.[3]

As of 2013, the Lahore-Narowal-Sialkot railway line passes near the India-Pakistan border through the western outskirts of Narowal, just opposite Dera Baba Nanak, before turning north-westwards to Pasrur and Sialkot.[4]

During the 2015 Gurdaspur attack, disaster was averted on this line as a railway lineman, Ashwani Saini, noticed a bomb on the track and alerted the authorities before the next train arrived. He also ran down the line waving a red flag to alert the driver of the next train to stop. The train that was due to traverse this track, with more than 270 people on board, stopped only a hundred yards from the bomb.[5]

Railway workshop

Amritsar railway workshop carries out periodic overhaul of WDS-4 locos and breakdown cranes and bogie manufacture.[6]

Passenger movement

Amritsar is the only station on this line which is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[7]

Railway reorganisation

Sind Railway (later reorganised as Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway) was formed a guaranteed railway in 1856. 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.[8]

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.[9] In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.[10]

References

1. ^{{cite web| url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_gdr16.htm |title= Chapter VII|publisher= | accessdate = 10 February 2014 }}
2. ^{{cite web| url= http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_331.gif | title= Digital South Asia Library|publisher= Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 325. | accessdate = 10 February 2014 }}
3. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.irfca.org/docs/international-links.html | title= International Links from India|first=Mohan|last=Bhuyan|publisher= IRFCA | accessdate = 11 February 2014 }}
4. ^{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/?id=5a0NAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA256&lpg=PA256&dq=Jassar+railway+bridge#v=onepage&q=Jassar%20railway%20bridge&f=false |title= From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965|page=256| first=Farooq|last= Bajwa|publisher= C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.| location=London| isbn= 978-1-84904-230-7| via=Google Books| accessdate = 11 February 2014|date= 2013-09-30}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Pubby|first1=Vipin|title=How two Gurdaspur bravehearts foiled worst terror attack on Punjab|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/gurdaspur-punjab-terror-attack-nanak-chand-ashwani-saini-pakistan/story/1/5289.html|accessdate=28 July 2015|work=Daily O|date=28 July 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops |publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 2 February 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |accessdate=10 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archivedate=10 May 2014 }}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://dsal.uchicago.edu/REFERENCE/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V03_433.gif |title=Digital South Asia Library |publisher=Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 3, p. 398. |accessdate=31 January 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101415/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/REFERENCE/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V03_433.gif |archivedate=2 February 2014 }}
9. ^{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8v-zRmScc0MC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=Eastern+Punjab+Railway&source=bl&ots=mzsfMqFYqv&sig=3TVvzuvxF2E81t8qMblj-PTV9XE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qLHrUrGuC4TtrAet4oHIBQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Eastern%20Punjab%20Railway&f=false |title=Management of Indian Railways, 1989|isbn= 81-7099-183-8| work=Readings in Indian Railway Finance by KB Verma, P 136|last=SM Imamul Haque| publisher= Mittal Publications,A 1/8 Mohan Garden, New Delhi 110059| accessdate = 31 January 2014| via=Google Books}}
10. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 31 January 2014}}

External links

  • Trains at Amritsar
  • Trains at Pathankot Junction
  • Amritsar-Dera Baba Nanak DMU time table
{{Railways in Northern India}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Amritsar - Pathankot line}}

6 : 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India|Rail transport in Punjab, India|Firozpur railway division|Railway lines opened in 1884|Transport in Pathankot|Transport in Amritsar

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/14 10:02:11