Phagwara Junction railway station
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Railway station in India
Phagwara Junction | ||||||||||||
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| Indian Railways junction station | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | NH 1, Prem Nagar, Phagwara, Kapurthala district, Punjab India | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°13′01′′N 74°45′54′′E / 31.217°N 74.765°E / 31.217; 74.765 | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 245 metres (804 ft) | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||
| Operated by | Northern Railways | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ambala–Attari line, Phagwara–Jaijon Doaba line | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||
| Station code | PGW | |||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone | |||||||||||
| Division(s) | Firozpur | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 1870 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||
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Phagwara Junction railway station is located on Ambala–Attari line in Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves the textile town of Phagwara.
The railway station
[edit ]Phagwara railway station is at an elevation of 245 metres (804 ft) and was assigned the code PGW.[1]
History
[edit ]The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the 483 km (300 mi)-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.[2]
Electrification
[edit ]The Phillaur–Phagwara sector was electrified in 2002–03, and the Phagwara–Jallandhar City–Amritsar sector in 2003–04.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Arrivals at Phagwara". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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