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'''Ambala railway division''' is one of the five railway divisions under [[Northern Railway zone]] ( NR ) of [[Indian Railways]]. This railway division was formed on 1 July 1987 and its headquarter is located at [[Ambala]] in the state of Haryana.

[[Delhi railway division]], [[Firozpur railway division]], [[Lucknow NR railway division]] and [[Moradabad railway division]] are the other railway divisions under NR Zone headquartered at [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |work=Indian Railways |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,314,319|title = Ambala Railway Division|access-date = 13 January 2016|website = [[Railway Board]]|publisher = [[Northern Railway zone]]}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|Northern Railway zone#history| label 1 = NR history}}
Ambala division came in to existence on 1 July 1987 when 639 km tracks from Delhi Division and 348 km from Firozpur Division were transferred under it and it became completely operational from 15 August 1988. 62% its are lies Punjab and the rest in Haryana (Ambala-Yamunanagar and Ambala-Kurukshetra line), Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh (including [[UNESCO World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage]] [[Kalka Shimla Railway]]), Uttar Pradesh (Ambala-Yamunanagar section of Ambala-Yamunanagar-Saharanpur-Delhi line), and Rajasthan (Patiala-Abhoar-Ganganagar line). It has 141 stations.<ref name=amb1>[http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,314,319 Ambala Division map and history].</ref>

==List of railway stations and towns==
The list includes the stations under the Ambala railway division and their station category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011 |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI&ACategoryStns.pdf |access-date=15 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128044328/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/StationRedevelopment/AI%26ACategoryStns.pdf |archive-date=28 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations|url=http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045206/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1432447500773-23.Passenger%20Amenities%20PDF.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#fff;"
|-
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Category of station
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | No. of stations
! style="background:#ffd750;" ! | Names of stations
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''A-1''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{rws|Ambala Cantonment Junction}}, {{rws|Chandigarh}},
|-

|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''A''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Bathinda railway station|Bathinda Junction]], {{rws|Jagadhri}}, {{rws|Kalka}}, {{rws|Patiala}}, {{rws|Rajpura Junction}}, {{rws|Saharanpur Junction}}, [[Sirhind railway station|Sirhind]], [[Jakhal Junction railway station|Jakhal Junction]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''B''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''C''' Category<br>(Suburban station)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''D''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''E''' Category
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''F''' Category<br>Halt Station
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Total'''
| style="text-align:center;" | '''-'''
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|}
Stations closed for Passengers -

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Ambala railway division| ]]
[[Category:Divisions of Indian Railways]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Northern Railway zone|*]]
[[Category:Transport in Ambala]]

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