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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Jalandhar Cantonment Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = Amritsar vande b.jpg<br />
| image_caption = [[Amritsar-Delhi Junction Vande Bharat Express]] At Jalandhar Cantonment Junction Railway Station<br />
| address = Opposite GT Road, near Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, Punjab<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.307|N|75.632|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|239|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Ambala–Attari line]]<br/>[[Jalandhar–Jammu line]]<br />
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]<br />
| platform = 4<br />
| tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| bicycle = No<br />
| opened = 1870<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 2003–04<br />
| accessible = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = JRC<br />
| zone = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Firozpur}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]<br />
| status = Functioning<br />
| former = <br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = 31.307,75.632<br />
| map_type = India Punjab#India<br />
| map_dot_label = Jalandhar Cantonment<br />
| map_caption = Location in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways<br />
|line=Northern Railway zone|left=Chiheru|right=Jalandhar City|type=[[Ambala–Attari line]]<br />
|line2=Northern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Khalsa College (halt)|type2=Jalandhar–Nakoar line<br />
|line3=Northern Railway zone|left3=|right3=Suchipind|type3=[[Jalandhar–Jammu line]]<br />
|line4=Northern Railway zone|left4=|right4=Bolinna Doaba|type4=Jalandhar–Hoshiarpur branch line}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Jalandhar Cantonment Junction''' railway station (station code: '''JRC''') is located in [[Jalandhar district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and serves [[Jalandhar]].<br />
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==The railway station==<br />
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|239|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – JRC.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jalandhar-cantt-junction-jrc/545 |title= Jallandhar Cantonment railway station|publisher=India Rail Info | access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long Amritsar–Jalandhar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.<br />
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The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_hsp10.htm#ch7c | title= Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers | work= Chapter VII Communications – Railways | publisher= | access-date= 9 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 }}</ref> The Mukerian–Pathankot line was built in 1952. The construction of the Pathankot–Jammu Tawi line was initiated in 1965, after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], and opened in 1971.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html | title=IR History: Part V (1970–1995) |publisher= IRFCA | access-date = 9 February 2014 }}</ref><br />
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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}}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Phagwara–Jalandhar City–Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==DMU shed==<br />
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 which operate on the Beas–Goindwal Sahib line.<ref name=sheds>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 5 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/jalandhar-cantt-junction-jrc/545 Trains at Jalandhar Cantonment]<br />
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{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1870]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Jalandhar district]]<br />
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Jalandhar]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jalandhar]]</div>
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