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{{Short description|Railway station in Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ludhiana Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]]
| style = Indian Railways
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| image_caption = Ludhiana Junction
| address = Kamla Nehru Market, Old Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|30.912|N|75.848|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|246|m|ft}}
| line = [[Ambala–Attari line]],<br/>[[Ludhiana–Fazilka line]],<br/>[[Ludhiana–Jakhal line]],<br/>[[Ludhiana–Chandigarh line]]
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 7
| tracks = 18 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = No
| opened = {{start date and age|1864}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1996–97
| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = LDH
| zone = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Firozpur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railways]]
| status = Functioning
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'''Ludhiana Junction railway station''' (station code: '''LDH''') is a railway station located in [[Ludhiana district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and serves [[Ludhiana]]. It is located in about the centre of the city and is among the busiest railway stations of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. It is also among the cleanest of railway stations of India. This railway station is taken up for being upgraded to model railway station by Railways Department, Government of India.

==The railway station==
[[File:LDH PF4.JPG|thumb|left|Nameboard of Ludhiana Railway Station on PF4]]
Ludhiana railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|246|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – LDH.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/ludhiana-junction-ldh/342 |title= Ludhiana railway station|publisher=indiarailinfo.com | access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long {{stnlnk|Amritsar}}–[[Ambala Cantonment Junction railway station|Ambala Cantt]] – {{stnlnk|Saharanpur}}–{{stnlnk|Meerut}}–{{stnlnk|Ghaziabad}} line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with [[Delhi Junction railway station|Delhi]].<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Ludhiana–Jakhal line was laid in 1901, possibly by the Southern Punjab Railway Co.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_sang9.htm#ch7c|title= Chapter VII – Communications|access-date= 26 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083351/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_sang9.htm#ch7c|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>

The extension from the Macleodganj (later renamed Mandi Sadiqganj and now in Pakistan) railway line to Ludhiana was opened by the Southern Punjab Railway Company in 1905.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm|title= Chapter VII Communications|access-date= 20 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140223172820/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/muktsar/Chapter%207.htm|archive-date= 23 February 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref>

The {{stnlnk|Sahnewal}}–{{stnlnk|Chandigarh}} rail link (also referred to as Ludhiana–Chandigarh rail link) was inaugurated in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130419/ldh1.htm |title= New Rail Link |work= The Tribune|date=19 April 2013| access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref>

==Electrification==
The Mandi Gobindgarh-Ludhiana sector was electrified in 1996–97.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>

==Loco sheds==
Ludhiana Diesel Loco Shed holds 184+ locos including [[WDM-2]], [[WDM-3A]] and [[WDG-3A]]/[[WDG-4D]]. [[Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana|Ludhiana Electric Loco Shed]] was commissioned in 2001 and houses [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5]] (now transferred to other sheds), [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]], [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]] and [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] (now transferred to TKD DLS) locos.

==Passenger movement==
Ludhiana is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railways.<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>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/ludhiana-junction-ldh/342 Trains at Ludhiana]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Ludhiana}}

{{Railway stations in the Punjab, India}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1870]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Ludhiana district]]
[[Category:Firozpur railway division]]
[[Category:Transport in Ludhiana]]

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