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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Jalandhar City Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| address = Street No. 1, Gobindgarh, Arjun Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.331|N|75.591|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|236.520|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Ambala–Attari line]]<br/>[[Jalandhar–Jammu line]]<br/>[[Jalandhar–Firozpur line]]<br />
| structure = Standard on ground<br />
| platform = 5 (Including 2 terminating platforms)<br />
| tracks = 16 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| bicycle = Yes<br />
| opened = 1864<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1997<br />
| ADA = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = JUC<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 = <br />
| map_type = India Punjab#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| map_dot_label = Jalandhar City<br />
}} <br />
'''Jalandhar City Junction''' (station code: '''JUC''') is a railway station 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 City railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|236.520|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – JUC.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/jalandhar-city-junction-juc/99 |title= Jallandhar City railway station|publisher=indiarailinfo.com | access-date=2 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–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web|first=R. P.|last=Saxena |title=Indian Railway History Timeline |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |work=Irse.bravehost.com |access-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><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 | 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,<ref name=timeline/> 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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The Firozpur Cantonment-Jalandhar City branch line was opened in 1912.<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><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The electrification of Phagwara–Jalandhar Cantt–Jalandhar City–Amritsar sector was initiated in 1997.<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 whole Punjab. It also houses two BEML-built rail buses which operate on the Beas–Goindwal Sahib line. In 2019, it completed 50 years of service and was converted into an electric shed [[mainline electric multiple unit|MEMU]] and allotted 2 new rakes of MEMU train including medical relief van.<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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==Passenger movement==<br />
Jalandhar City is 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=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Amenities==<br />
Jalandhar City railway station has computerized reservation counters, GRP (railway police) office, retiring rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms and book stall. .<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/jalandhar_city-juc-railway-station.html|title = Jallandhar City railway station| publisher=Make My Trip | access-date = 2 February 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/jalandhar-city-junction-juc/99 Trains at Jalandhar City]<br />
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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= Jalandhar Cantonment|next= Baba Sodhal Nagar |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= [[Ambala–Attari line]] |rows1=1}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next =Kapurthala|line= Northern Railway zone|branch= Jalandhar–Firozpur line |rows1=1}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next= Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala(Halt) |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= Jalandhar–Nakoar line |rows1=1}}<br />
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= | next= Hussainpur |line= Northern Railway zone|branch= [[Jalandhar–Jammu line]] |rows1=1}}<br />
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{{Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways}}<br />
{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Jalandhar district]]<br />
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Jalandhar]]<br />
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