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{{Short description|Railway line in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Ambala–Attari line<br/>including<br/>Hoshiarpur branch line
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| image = July July 034.jpg
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| caption = Jaladhar City is an Important railway station on Ambala–Attari line
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| status = Operational
| locale = [[Haryana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| start = [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala]]
| end = {{stnlnk|Attari}}
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| routes =
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| open = 1870
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
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| tracklength = {{convert|273|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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| electrification = [[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV 50 Hz AC]] [[Overhead line|OHLE]] in 1995–2004
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| elevation = Ambala Cantonment {{convert|272.530|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, Attari {{convert|220|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| map = {{Ambala–Attari line|inline=1}}
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The '''Ambala–Attari line''' is a railway line connecting {{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment}} in the Indian state of [[Haryana]] and {{stnlnk|Attari}} in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]].

==History==
The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the Multan–Lahore–Amritsar line in 1865 and the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web|author=R. P. Saxena|title=Indian Railway History Timeline|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|work=Irse.bravehost.com|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Amritsar–Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Sind,_Punjab_and_Delhi_Railway|title=Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway |publisher= fibis| access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>

Hoshiarpur was linked by rail with Jullundur Cantonment in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c|title= Punjab District Gazetteers – Hoshiarpur|publisher= Punjab Revenue|access-date= 22 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105330/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>

==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 [[Diesel multiple unit|DMU]] shed at Jalandhar holds 90 units placed in service in rural Punjab. It also houses two BEML-built rail buses that operate on the Beas–Goindwal Sahib line. Amritsar workshop carries out periodic overhaul of WDS-4 locos and breakdown cranes and bogie manufacture.<ref name=sheds>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 25 January 2014}}</ref>

==Tracks and speed limit==
The Ambala Cantonment–Ludhiana–Amritsar line is classified as a "Group B" line and can take speeds up to 130 km/ h.

It is a double-line track.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt9.htm#ch7c |title= Punjab District Gazetteers – Kapurthala |publisher= Punjab Revenue |access-date= 22 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122431/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_kpt9.htm#ch7c |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> There is a third line between Sahnewal and Ludhiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/chandigarh-ludhiana-rail-link-inaugurated/article1-1047198.aspx |title=Chandigarh-Ludhiana rail link inaugurated |work=Hindustan Times|location=Chandigarh|date=19 April 2013 |access-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313025150/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/chandigarh-ludhiana-rail-link-inaugurated/article1-1047198.aspx |archivedate=13 March 2014 }}</ref>

==Passenger movement==
{{stnlnk|Ambala Cantonment}}, {{stnlnk|Ludhiana}}, {{stnlnk|Jalandhar City}} and {{stnlnk|Amritsar}}, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{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 |access-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archivedate=10 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Railway reorganisation==
Sind Railway (later reorganised as Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway) was formed a guaranteed railway in 1856.<ref name=timeline/> 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 Railway (British India)|North-Western State Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/REFERENCE/gazetteer/text.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V03_433.gif |title=Digital South Asia Library |work=Imperial Gazetteer of India|volume=3|page=398|access-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=dead |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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8v-zRmScc0MC&q=Eastern+Punjab+Railway&pg=PA136 |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|year=1989| publisher= Mittal Publications,A 1/8 Mohan Garden, New Delhi 110059| access-date = 31 January 2014}}</ref> In 1952, [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] was formed with a portion of [[East Indian Railway Company]] west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography – Railway Zones| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 31 January 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/ambala-cantt-junction-umb/341 Trains at Ambala]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/ludhiana-junction-ldh/342 Trains at Ludhiana]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/jalandhar-city-junction-juc/99 Trains at Jallandhar City]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/344?kkk=1278936650375 Trains at Amritsar]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/attari-att/2700 Trains at Attari]
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/search/old-delhi-dli-to-hoshiarpur-hsx/349/0/2705 Trains at Hoshiarpur]

{{Railways in Northern India}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Haryana]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1870]]
[[Category:Ambala railway division|*]]
[[Category:Firozpur railway division|*]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Ambala]]
[[Category:Transport in Amritsar]]

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