Template:Infobox station Jalandhar Cantonment Junction railway station (station code: JRC) is located in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Jalandhar.
The railway station
Jalandhar Cantonment railway station is at an elevation of Template:Convert and was assigned the code – JRC.[1]
History
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Template:Convert long Amritsar–Jalandhar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.
The line from Jalandhar City to Mukerian was constructed in 1915.[2] 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.[3]
Hoshiarpur was linked by rail with Jullundur Cantonment in 1913.[4]
Electrification
The Phagwara–Jalandhar City–Amritsar sector was electrified in 2003–04.[5]
DMU shed
India's first and largest 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.[6]
References
- ↑ Jallandhar Cantonment railway station. India Rail Info. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Hoshiarpur – Punjab District Gazetteers. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ IR History: Part V (1970–1995). IRFCA. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ Punjab District Gazetteers – Hoshiarpur. Punjab Revenue. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ Sheds and workshops. IRFCA. Retrieved 5 February 2014.