Batala Junction railway station
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Railway station in Punjab
Batala | ||||||||||||
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| Indian Railways junction station | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Dera Baba Nanak Road, Batala, Punjab India | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°49′18′′N 75°11′40′′E / 31.8216°N 75.1944°E / 31.8216; 75.1944 | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 250 metres (820 ft) | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||
| Operated by | Northern Railway | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amritsar–Pathankot line Batala–Qadian line | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||
| Station code | BAT | |||||||||||
| Division(s) | Ferozpore | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 1884 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||
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Batala Railway Station is located in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves the industrial town of Batala.
The railway station
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Batala railway station is at an elevation of 247.19 metres (811.0 ft) and was assigned the code – BAT.[1]
History
[edit ]The 107 km (66 mi) long 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gaugeAmritsar–Pathankot line was opened in 1884.[2] It originally belonged to the local government and was transferred to North Western Railway in 1892.[3]
Developments
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The 39.68 km (25 mi) Qadian–Beas link was approved in 2011. It would provide direct and shorter access from Batala to Ambala–Attari line.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Arrivals at Batala Junction". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Chapter VII". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Digital South Asia Library". Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 325. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Qadian–Beas rail project gets Centre nod". The Indian Express, 14 December 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
