Jalandhar–Jammu line

Jalandhar–Jammu line
broad gauge
Electrification	completed
Operating speed	up to 130 km/h (Jalandhar–Pathankot section)
Highest elevation	Jalandhar Cantonment 256 m (840 ft), Pathankot Cantonment 352 m (1,155 ft), Jammu Tawi 414 m (1,358 ft)
Route map Legend km Jammu–Baramulla line Jammu–Poonch line (proposed) 222 Jammu Tawi NH 44 213 Bari Brahman 201 Vijaypur Jammu NH 44 Degh River 197 BHBT 189 Samba 180 Ghagwal 175 Hiranagar NH 44 171 Chakayala 166 Chhan Arorian 148 Budhi 136 Kathua NH 44 Jammu and Kashmir Punjab border Ravi River 128 Madhopur, Punjab NH 44 121 Sujanpur Amritsar–Pathankot line 118 Bharoli Junction 115 narrow gauge ) 112 Pathankot Cantonment NH 44 Chakki river NH 44 103 Kandrori 99 Ghiala 93 Mirthal Beas River 90 Chak Kalan NH 44 82 Bhangala 77 Mushahibpur to Sirhind–Una–Mukerian line SH 25 73 Mukerian 66 Ghaunspur 64 Unchi Bassi 58 Dasuya 54 Garna Sahib 48 Khudda Korala NH 503A 42 Tanda Urmar 36 Cholang 32 Sanaura NH 44 29 Bhogpur Sirwal 24 Machrowar 20 Kala Bakra 17 Biaspind 14 Alwalpur 12 Dhogri 5 Suchipind Jalandhar Bypass Road 0 City │ Jalandhar Cantonment Ambala–Attari line Source: Google maps 12331 Himgiri Express

The Jalandhar–Jammu line is a railway line connecting

History

The line from Jalandhar City to

Jalandhar City and Jammu Tawi, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5]

DMU shed

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.^[6]

Loco sheds

Jammu has a trip shed for visiting locos where WDS-4 locos belonging to Shakurbasti shed are retained for long periods. Pathankot Cantonment (Chakki Bank) had a steam shed which has now been decommissioned.^[6] Jalandhar City and Ludhiana have Electric Loco Sheds.

Bridges

There are many major and minor bridges in the Jalandhar City–Jammu Tawi line. The most important bridges are the 1.38 km (0.9 mi)-long Beas River Bridge at Mirthal, the 0.225 km (0.1 mi)-long Chakki River Bridge at Pathankot, the 2.16 km (1.3 mi)-long Ravi River Bridge at Madhopur, the 1.23 km (0.8 mi)-long Bridge on Degh Nalah at Ghagwal, the 1.09 km (0.7 mi)-long Bridge on Basantar River at Samba and the 1.00 km (0.6 mi)-long bridge on River Unjh at Vijaypur Jammu.

Railway reorganisation

Sind Railway (later reorganised as

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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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