Template:Infobox station Attari Shyam Singh railway station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Attari and the Wagah border with Pakistan.[1]
In May 2015, Government of Punjab changed the name of station to Atari Shyam Singh railway station after Sham Singh Atariwala who was general in the Sikh Empire.[2]
The railway station
Attari railway station is at an elevation of Template:Convert and was assigned the code – ATT.[3]
Attari is the last station in India on the Amritsar–Lahore line.
History
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Multan–Lahore–Amritsar line in 1865.[4] Amritsar–Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862.[5]
Trans-Asian Railway
Currently,Template:When all freight traffic originating from Asia destined for Europe goes by sea. The Trans-Asian Railway will enable containers from Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Korea to travel over land by train to Europe. The Southern Corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway is of prime interest to India. It connects Yunnan in China and Thailand with Europe via Turkey and passes through India.[6]
The proposed route will enter India through Tamu and Moreh in Manipur bordering Myanmar, then enter Bangladesh through Template:Stnlnk and Shabajpur and again enter India from Bangladesh at Gede. On the western side, the line will enter Pakistan at Attari. There is a Template:Convert missing link on this route in the India–Myanmar sector; of this, Template:Convert, in India, is between Jiribam in Manipur and Tamu in Myanmar. The rail link between Jiribam and Imphal has been sanctioned by Indian Railways, but that is unlikely to be completed before 2016. At present construction work is in progress in a Template:Convert stretch between Jiribam and Tupul.[7][8][9][10]
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance & ticket counter |
| P1 | FOB, Side platform, No-1 doors will open on the left/right | |
| Track 1 | ||
| Track 2 | → | |
| FOB, Island platform, No- 2 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Island platform, No- 3 doors will open on the left/right | ||
| Track 3 | ||
Major trains
Some of the important trains that runs from Attari are :
- Samjhauta Express
- Amritsar–Attari DEMU
- Jabalpur–Atari Special Fare Special
- Amritsar–Attari Passenger
See also
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References
- ↑ Railway Minister urged to extend Rail Freight Corridor to Attari
- ↑ Atari railway station to Atari Shyam Singh by Punjab Government
- ↑ Arrival at Attari. iniarailinfo.com.
- ↑ Indian Railway History timeline. IRFCA.
- ↑ Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway. fibis.
- ↑ Trans-Asian Railway. Streamline Supply Chain.
- ↑ Agreement on Trans-Asian railway passing through Manipur signed. Larkhawm.
- ↑ India signs accord on trans-Asian railway network(1 July 2007).
- ↑ B'desh segment of TAR route preparation shows progress(18 March 2011).
- ↑ Manipur gets rail gift for Trinamul bypoll win – Tall promises of connecting all capitals of region leaves Northeast industry captains unimpressed(26 February 2011).
External links
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